Soyo...oh no

[Leigh Honeywell]

Skype is very easy to use, though I've heard that the quality of
"SkypeOut" (which is its interface with the POTS) is not so great.

It runs on linux just fine (though development seems to lag a little
behind the windows version, and it's Qt only).  There was a fascinating
analysis of its protocol up on SlashDot a few days ago:

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/20/1653217&tid=215&tid=93&tid=185&tid=95

As for more "real" VOIP stuff, check out Asterisk: the Open Source PBX.
Free World Dialup lets you interface an Asterisk-based VOIP phone system
to the POTS (plain old telephone system) for cheap.

Hope that helps!

-Leigh



On Tue, 2005-25-01 at 15:15 -0500, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> How does Skype rank up there with other/real VoIP applications? I have no 
> idea about VoIP but am somewhat curious as to the different uses and 
> varieties of technology out there (Skype being the first program that I've 
> used and the catalyst in piquing my curiosity).
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Colebatch" <david-nuEF980otx7IfpyC97YFaV6hYfS7NtTn at public.gmane.org>
> To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:23 PM
> Subject: [TLUG]: Soyo...oh no
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just bought my first VoIP phone in Canada.  I went to a tiger direct 
> > store,
> > in Markham, and saw it (I'd never heard of Soyo before) there, with 150 
> > free
> > minutes.  I thought I'd use the free minutes then switch to my own service 
> > I
> > have from Australia.
> >
> > ..only to find that  it's locked, and isn't as functional as my old Sipura
> > ATA, which I left back home.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with the Soyo phones, as in how to use it 
> > with
> > another SIP provider?
> >
> > Or, does anyone know where I can get a good, open VoIP phone.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David Colebatch
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