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Skype’s email to me re: Skype for Asterisk

By Erik Lagerway | May 25, 2011 | asterisk, ietf, microsoft, P2P SIP, sip, SIP Standards, Skype, VoIP Standards | 1 Comment

I just received this email from Skype’s PR firm…

Hi Erik,

Here is Skype’s official comment regarding Skype for Asterisk.  You can attribute this to Jennifer Caukin, spokeswoman for Skype.

“Skype made the decision to retire Skype for Asterisk several months ago, as we have prioritized our focus around implementing the IETF SIP standard in our Skype Connect solution. SIP enjoys the broadest support of any of the available signaling alternatives by business communications equipment vendors, including Digium.  By supporting SIP in favor of alternatives, we maximize our resources and continue to reinforce our commitment to delivering Skype on key platforms where we can meet the broadest customer demand.”

Thank you,
Cassie

Call me crazy but if I have to pay to integrate Skype into my phone system, where I already have a phone service that I am happy with, why would I do that? Maybe I just want to be able to make/receive Skype calls on my SIP-enabled desk phone? If it doesn’t hit the PSTN why do I have to pay? Seems like an odd approach for a company that has a long history of working around POTS, much to the delight of their users.

Integration with SIP is great, don’t get me wrong, but it would be nice if Skype talked SIP and was ‘still’ free. Seems like a massive oversight on behalf of Skype or am I missing something?

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Skype for SIP, it’s about time!

By Erik Lagerway | March 23, 2009 | aastra, communications, d-link, Erik Lagerway, IM & Presence with SIMPLE and XCAP, Media Engines, microsoft, mobile sip, Open Source, P2P SIP, P2P VoIP, phone services, Recording, response point, response point, SIP phone software, SIP Standards, Skype, Small Medium Business in Canada, small office phone systems, syspine, voip, VoIP for the Masses, Xten - Latest and Greatest | 4 Comments

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Back in 2004 I wrote a post relating to the VON Canada Panel I sat on with Niklas Zennstrom. It was an interesting debate on open standards (SIP in this case) and closed networks, specifically Skype. I was quite vocal about how silly I thought Skype was not to include SIP, a few of you picked up on that ;)

It looks like something good came of the eBay purchase as we now see a Skype pushing towards open standards, good stuff!

On a similar note, I heard a rumour that it’s likely Jason Fischl the current CTO at Counterpath (Xten) will be going over to work with Jonathan Christensen (General Manager – Media Platform) at Skype. Jason was an early advocate of SIP in the IETF and works with some of the best minds on the subject: Cullen Jennings, Robert Sparks, Alan Duric come to mind.

This could get interesting.

I will do some testing with SkypeforSIP & Response Point and post the results along with my comments on what this new offer from Skype might mean for Response Point.

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64th IETF P2P SIP Adhoc BOF – Part 3 – Video

By Erik Lagerway | November 28, 2005 | P2P SIP | Comments Off

This is part 3 of the footage that was shot at the last IETF P2P SIP Adhoc BOF in Vancouver, BC.

http://sipthat.com/movies/p2p-sip-3256K_Stream.mov

If you are interested in getting your hands on the AVI files (for DVD production for instance) I would be happy to send them to you, just send me an email: erik AT sipthat.com.

For meeting presentations and notes: http://www.p2psip.org

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P2P SIP at the 64th IETF – Part 2 – Video

By Erik Lagerway | November 27, 2005 | P2P SIP | Comments Off

This is part 2 of the footage that was shot at the last IETF P2P SIP Adhoc BOF in Vancouver, BC. There is one more reel to follow, I will post that early next week. In an effort to conserve quality and reduce file size I have made the display only 180×240.

http://sipthat.com/movies/p2p-sip-2256K_Stream.mp4

If you are interested in getting your hands on the AVI files (for DVD production for instance) I would be happy to send them to you, just send me an email: erik AT sipthat.com.

For meeting presentations and notes: http://www.p2psip.org

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P2P SIP at the 64th IETF – Video Footage

By Erik Lagerway | November 25, 2005 | P2P SIP | Comments Off

This footage was shot at the last IETF P2P SIP Adhoc BOF. This is the first reel, there are 2 to follow, early next week. In an effort to conserve quality and reduce file size I have made the display only 180×240.

http://sipthat.com/movies/p2p-sip-1256K_Stream.mp4

The video is a little blurry at points due to my wide angle lens, which ended up being a bad idea. Parts 2 and 3 are much better.

If you are interested in getting your hands on the AVI files (for DVD production for instance) I would be happy to send them to you, just send me an email: erik AT sipthat.com

For meeting presentations and notes: http://www.p2psip.org

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P2P SIP Draft Updated

By Erik Lagerway | July 23, 2005 | P2P SIP | Comments Off

We are seeing more progress in P2P SIP, an update to the IETF draft has been recently submitted by David Bryan and Cullen Jennings. The changes are mostly surrounding syntax and handling methods as opposed to incorporating new components. I am excited about the progress being made here and I am hopeful that we will see some integrated NAT traversal and auto-provisioning with P2P SIP in mind. This work could easily have a profound effect on VoIP, Video and IM as we know it. Any operator running a SIP network today cold benefit greatly from this technology.

Good Stuff!

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