asterisk users - May 2005 - Is SKYPE a threat orshould wedo something(together)

IMHO!

I just see a skype channel as something good for asterisk.

Skype has broad coverage. 
I can't imagine that skype wouldn't be interested in selling corporate
accounts "skype trunk lines".

Imagine having unlimited or X amount of continious calls coming in on SkypeIN
and out on SkypeOUT from Asterisk.
Internal Phones would all talk IAX or SIP to asterisk and use all PBX features
of Asterisk. Asterisk could do lowest cost routing for internal to external
calls through dundi or skype lookups (or enum later on) or through your PSTN
hardware.

Skype would really benefit from Asterisk as a full blown Corporate VoIP
platform.
Asterisk would really benefit from Skype through it's broad coverage and
it's fairly cheap prices.

Aren't we all using Asterisk because of it's feature not just because it
can "transport" our calls?

Johan Akerstrom
Systems Developer
Telamon Systems Ltd

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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Michel Hiver
Sent: 17 May 2005 23:11
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Is SKYPE a threat orshould wedo
something(together)

>P2P is something else then Asterisk.
>  
>
Well, I run Asterisk on a 'peer', i.e. a machine with an IP address. I
can send VoIP traffic to any other 'peer', i.e. asterisk server. How is
that not peer to peer?

Damn, you can even find the term 'peer' in asterisk config files!

>So if you compare Asterisk with Skype or even worry about it then you 
>are NOT understanding the power of Asterisk and you don't understand 
>the weakness of Skype.
>  
>
Who said we should /compare/? I'm only interested in "What cool stuff
could I do with Asterisk and Skype"... it is conceivable that some day,
both software could work nicely together.

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