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Re: Without SKYPE?



On 5/2/13 11:08 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 02 May 2013 at 22:20:28 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote:
>>>> There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others.  Jitsi is
>>>> quite useful.  These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each
>>>> other, not locked into a single company like Skype.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> /Lars
>>>>
>>>>
>>> But can they talk to folks using SKYPE?
>>>
>>> --doug
>>
>> They can all talk to eachother using SIP.  Only Skype can talk to Skype, 
>> that's part of the lock-in.
> 
> You are obviously unconcerned about SIP providers who lock their users
> into using their service. SIP may be an open protocol but its users can
> bend it to their own uses. Isn't that what it is all about?
> 
> SIP-to-SIP uses the network; the protocol works.
> 
> Users on SIP-network-X can only communicate with SIP-network-Y is not an
> unknown situation. How does that differ from Skype?

I haven't run into that yet.  Which SIP networks are to be avoided?

Regards,
/Lars


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