On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 10:45:52PM +0800, Ronald Wiplinger wrote: > Skype is very succesfsfull and get more and more users, ... we can > ignore them, accept them or do something,... > My suggestion is that we try to do something, ... > If we would peer to each other, than we get soon also a great amount of > users together, and than our service becomes more valuable, ... > Let's discuss advantages and disadvantages!
Skype is a p2p (i.e. really person to person) protocol. It's proprietry and quite clever. They are trying to make money with PSTN breakout, break-in, voicemail and other value-add services. They use SIP/G.729 for interconnection with PSTN networks to carriers. Skype will continue growing and will gain a large user base, however if they have a long term model is as yet unknown as traditional carriers move to voice over packet. Look at BT in the UK with their 21CN plans, the PSTN will be switched-off by 2009. It's likely that voice calls (at least in the UK) will be bundled with line-rental as it will cost more to bill than transporting packets around. Steve -- NetTek Ltd Phone/Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/In callto://stevekennedyuk / UK callto://+442088167166 US callto://+13106518226 mob 07775 755503 Personal Blog http://stevekennedy.blogspot.com Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
