----- "Tzafrir Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are some awkward methods for sending some text messages oversome > channels (SMS in european POTS, SIMPLE and simpler texxt messages in > SIP, XMMP for Jingle, and well, probably nothing in IAX. Bristuff ads > even a few more bits there). > > But do we actually care routing those messages from one place to > another? > > This is a major limitation of Asterisk for me. Text messages require > much lower a bandwith and a text connection is much easier to setup. > Hence it can work even when a voip connection is lousy.
The specific thing here (that makes handling text messages within the framework of the more complicated protocol attractive) is *addressibility*. If you already have a path to someone, why should you be forced to *discover* another path to them for some other, simpler protocol? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Josef Stalin) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
