Re: VOiP

There are some third party plug ins for Asterisk (some cost money) that allow you to build Skype into Asterisk. But overall, Skype is a proprietary standard and you are pretty much going to use the official Skype client for it.



On Sep 22, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Michael Potts <[email protected]> wrote:

> I do not think there are any 3rd party Skype voice clients. I have heard of
> some other IM clients that will do IM via the Skype network but even those
> are very unreliable.
> 
> There are more open VoIP networks, like Google Talk I think (which is based
> on Jabber), that have multi-platform apps and lots of good reliable
> solutions.
> 
> 
> Michael Potts
> GV: (904) 638-2914 | Gtalk: [email protected]
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> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:49 PM, brett michaels <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> This is a Debian 6.0.5 OS.
>> Is there any sort VOiP software other than Skype that'll enable one to
>> voice over the internet with Skype users?
>> I do have USB headphones, if that helps.
>> Hugh
>>