On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:42 +0000 (UTC), Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > >On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote: > >> 2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic <se...@bicom.us> >> >>> Jay Fenton wrote: >>>> [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] >>>> >>>> Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of >>>> their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution >>>> for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. >>> >>> Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? >>> >>> >> Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is >> interesting idea. >> > >I have a question in to them about how that floating licensing works, >though. Does that mean that with every call a license check must be made? >I don't see how it would work otherwise, and that means my whole business >- every call - is dependant on their license server being up and >reachable. I also don't think that the slight added convenience is then >worth the recurring cost annually. The price of the license is comparable >to Digium in US dollars. > >So the only advantage I really see is the optimization claims - you might >be able to squeeze more calls into one box. > >Would love to hear of any real world experiences, though I guess we will >have to wait a bit for that ;)
Bear in mind that Digium's present licensing scheme is hardware dependent. That has proven a problem for people wanting to run G.729 on Asterisk in VMs or in EC2. The new lisencing scheme alone has merit. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mgra...@mstvp.onsip.com skype mjgraves fwd 54245 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users