[asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

[Kyle Kienapfel]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Kyle Kienapfel <doctor.whom at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeff at sunfone.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Randy R wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeff at sunfone.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> pretty much giving up on Skype for Asterisk (and Skype for SIP) now
>>>>> that I realize that they'll be charging a monthly fee that is
>>>>> disproportionately high compared to my need to let Skype users call
>>>>> us. We'll know the pricing in Q4 of 2010, but it looks to be about
>>>>> $15/month for one user. $5 for the channel and $10 for Skype Manager.
>>>>> Maybe something for each name, too?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I may have missed this part of the thread, but why giving up on SfA?  I
>>>> was just getting ready to start playing with that myself.
>>>
>>> Monthly fees as I mentioned above. In addition to the binary, youneed
>>> to pay for Skype Manager and each seat on that (name) - at least that
>>> is my understand of their page.
>>>
>>
>> Ack!  I thought SfA was a one time charge, like their G.729 license.
>>
>> j
>> --
>
> http://store.digium.com/productview.php?product_code=1SFA0001
> I just see a $66 price for SfA, no mention of a subscription anywhere,
> the monthly fees are just for SfS. Personally I'm holding out for some
> wideband love before I plunk down for SfA.
>
> For embedded systems, I plan to try running asterisk off of an old AMD
> Geode based thin client, It's got debian but I've replaced /sbin/init
> with a link to busybox and I have a script that does the bare minimum
> to get operational and have syslog log to a tmpfs.
>

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/business/skype-manager/
"Currently, we're expecting a suggested charge of between €2 to €10
per seat/month."

Whoops, *grabs a napkin*