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Okay, a good point - but does Skype offer much more than you can obtain from a SIP account? My understanding is that there's a benefit to choosing SIP over sky
by lwhi 16y ago
Okay, a good point - but does Skype offer much more than you can obtain from a SIP account?
My understanding is that there's a benefit to choosing SIP over skype, because the technology is interoperable and non-proprietary.
I suppose, my point is that people don't need to rely on Skype to be able to call people for free. In my opinion, Skype isn't the only - or even best - choice.
- riffic 16y agonot sure why you're being downvoted on this, you bring up a very good point. Facetime on iphone 4 uses open standards including SIP, STUN and ICE. These are mature p2p technologies heavily used and deployed and are the same used in xmpp jingle specifications. open standard p2p already won this battle which skype will persist to fight.
- lwhi 16y agoI suppose there are people reading the comments, who really _really_ like Skype (although not enough to explain their reasoning).
- bonzoesc 16y agoSkype is easier to set up than SIP, doesn't require firewall configuration, or server addresses. You install it, create an account, add people to your list, and insert money when you want to call a POTS line.