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It cant be that hard to do considering Siemens
are offering a cordless handset that can connect to skype. I guess it’s just a matter of
bridging the 2 together. From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hall I guess I didn’t
place that part of my message in the correct context. Presence is very
handy, and I would like to see the functionality added to Asterisk. What
I meant by my comment you quoted below, is that if I could attach my Asterisk
server to the Skype network, I would not care if I had their presence
services. That is a part of the functionality I would be willing to do
without if they opened their protocol. It goes back to my original point:
If they want to keep part of their protocol closed, that is fine, but release
the most basic part of it: the voice communication. Jeremy From:
Dean Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm going to leave most of what you said alone, I
understand you point and it's your point to make. However I will make a small comment about “I
don't need hotlist functionality, if I dial their number and they aren't on, I
get a busy reorder
signal. No big deal”. Presence based information is the biggest
‘seller’ in the IP PBX market at the moment, being able to tell
what/where a person is certainly driving a lot of sales through my door. Cheers, Dean -----Original Message----- I don't have a PocketPC PDA, mine is Palm. But
regardless, I don't see what all the "Hype" is with
"Skype." It is a closed protocol and highly platform-restricted product. Sure the concept of
a peer-to-peer phone network is interesting, but if not everyone can
connect to it, what is the point? If they want to keep certain features
under their control so that they can eventually charge for it, then by all
means do so. But if they would release the basic protocol specs, so that
others can access the network in general, they would see many more
users. I for one am not going to run yet another soft phone
and/or IM client on my system just to connect to yet another phone network.
A friend of mine and I tried it when it first came out, and it
worked about as well as FWD, or IAXTel, or Firefly, or... You get the
point. Now if I could attach my Asterisk server to it and be able to make
and receive simple voice calls with other users, that would be
great. I don't need hotlist functionality, if I dial their number and they aren't
on, I get a busy reorder signal. No big deal. They definitely have a good idea, in the fact that it
works, doesn't have too many problems with firewalls, and is not
server reliant. But keeping it closed is preventing a lot of people from
joining them. |
- [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Dean Collins
- Re: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jason A. Pattie
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jeremy Hall
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Dean Collins
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jeremy Hall
- Dean Collins
