[TriLUG] Suggested Asterisk voip setup

[Greg Brown]

Is that why eBay dropped 4.1 billion for Skype?

I still shake my head at that move..

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Neil L. Little <nllittle at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> ... And dont let skype on your LAN either.
>
> If you get more than 4 people on a LAN using a DSL drop the peer to peer
> traffic will shut the LAN down.
>
> Then you have to strip out all the registration after uninstalling it
> from every single host. Skype is evil!
>
> Mark Turner wrote:
> > Heath Roberts wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Why would you want additional landlines with VoIP? I can see keeping the
> two
> >> you have, but not adding more.
> >>
> >
> > While VoIP works great on the LAN, there is NO WAY I would run a
> > business using strictly VoIP-on-the-Internet.
> >
> > If you've got your own T1 straight to your provider (a la FeatureTel)
> > you can make it work but if your voice packets hit the Internet you WILL
> > regret it.
> >
> > Stick with land lines for business use. Been there, done that, have the
> > scars to prove it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Mark Turner
> > www.markturner.net
> > Semi-retired Asterisk guru
> >
>
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