On 1/6/10 9:13 PM, John Todd wrote:
I've been asked to throw something out here on the list to see if anyone is using a Skype gateway of some sort. I know that quite a few people do trunk Skype into their existing TDM PBX platforms for connection to customer service lines, or for the odd road warrior who needs access to a DISA trunk. But is this widespread? Are the companies making the "hardware" units making reliable equipment? Does any carrier think that Skype calls through or into their network is a viable business in some way, or is it always a threat?
You already know we are Asterisk-based, and I put up a gateway with SFA since the early betas. The only people interested were the software companies, particularly those dealing with European contacts where Skype use is much heavier than here. Nobody else cares. I've never run into anyone in a business situation who says they use Skype other than geeks or software people. I let the project fizzle out because the people that were interested in using weren't interested in paying to use it ("Skype is free!"). -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 Advanced phone services simplified