Re: SIP v. Skype *on* Linux [comp2comp VoIP]

In article <wopcx8do78+Byers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Will Kemp <Will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've also got an account with http://voipgate.com - but i haven't used it
for a very long time. They were very good too, though, when i did used to
use them. They're based in Belgium.

What do *you* recommend for comp2comp VoIP calls?

Who, Will, me, anyone?

Right now I reckon the global Internet is perhaps not quite 100% ready
for pure Internet calls on a global basis... But it all depends on your
expectations. I make calls daily "desk to desk" which are pure SIP and
they work prefectly. Yesterday I was on a SIP call from my deskphone in
my office in Devon, (at the end of an ADSL line) via an asterisk box in
Southampton (also at the end of an ADSL line) and talking to someone
in Austrailia who was using an IAX client on his windows laptop to the
same asterisk box.

It worked, and was usable, but wasn't perfect. (probably due more to the
ISP at the far-end than anything else, as he kept on complaining about
it!)

IMO, it's much better to place a VoIP call to a local (in your country)
ITSP then use their low-cost rates to place a PSTN call to the remote
country. Since I can call Austrailia for under a penny a minute using my
own systems, I find that more acceptable, and there are various operators
where I'm sure can let you call for free. (Eg. the Betamax operators)

As for a recomendation, well, I recomend myself :)

Gordon
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