On 10/29/07, JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 ? 20:43 +0200, yannick a ?crit : > >> Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 ? 10:25 -0700, JCA a ?crit : > >> > test e.g. 1 800 4321359 (for Frontier Airlines.) > >> > >> It seems this number answer a SIP 407: > >> "407 Proxy Authentication Required > >> > >> This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that the > >> client MUST first authenticate itself with the proxy. SIP access > >> authentication is explained in Sections 26 and 22.3. > >> > >> This status code can be used for applications where access to the > >> communication channel (for example, a telephony gateway) rather than > >> the callee requires authentication." > >> > >> I'm not sure what this exactly means in this situation... > > > > That the user should directly register with the SIP registrar providing > > access to that number. > > > > Imagine XY provides access for free to those numbers, Ekiga.net will > > route the SIP requests to XY, which should relay the call. > > > > In some cases (I suppose it is the case here), XY will require the user > > to have an XY account to relay the call. > > > > We are doing this for [EMAIL PROTECTED], it is restricted to Ekiga.net > > users. However, Ekiga.net users can be called by anyone without needing > > the remote peer to have an ekiga.net sip address. > > > > It is a question of policy. > > I hate to bring up the "S" word (it royally pisses me off when > Skype can do something that Ekiga can't) but the fact is that I have > yet to come across a single 1800 number in the US that Skype can't > reach at no charge. This without registering to anything other than > Skype. > > How come that Skype can do it whereas Ekiga can't?
Because they are different products? Btw, not too long ago I consistently got so bad audio quality on 1800 numbers from skype that they were practically unusable.... ~David _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list