Comments on: Gizmo5 Founder: Skype-for-SIP Is Vaporware

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Skype’s Plan B to Stay in Business: Buy Gizmo5 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:23:19 +0000

[...] has taken every opportunity to take swipes at Skype in the recent past, trying to convince one and all that his SIP-based [...]

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How Skype Plans to Dominate Business Telephony — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:41:03 +0000

[...] for SIP was announced in March 2009 and was criticized by competitors and others for being mostly vaporware and an ill-conveived product. Skype, of course feels [...]

By: randulo

randulo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:43:46 +0000

I was wrong, I asked Michael if he meant SIP for Skype was vaporware and he said yes, so I’m the one that didn’t get it. You can listen to Michael’s comments on our last VoIP Users Conference.

http://sessions.voipusersconference.org

By: Aaron deMello

Aaron deMello — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:27:29 +0000

Digium is working on some very cool Skype stuff as well: http://www.digium.com

Most interesting is their Skype-Asterisk PBX plugin which is in private beta now.

By: randulo

randulo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:51 +0000

Om, I think you may have misunderstood “even if this is vaporware” as “this is vaporware”. It’s not the same thing.
I’m not defending Michel or Gizmo, if he meant “this is vaporware” that’s a lame thing to say. However, the statement says (to me) “even if this never actually works, it’s still a good idea.” Does anyone not see Skype SIP interoperability as a Good Thing™ ?

Google bought Grand Central and how many years did it take to actually become Google Voice? Skype for Asterisk is out there in beta and I have tested it, it works very well. The larger beta is starting and it will eventually be out there.

By: Ward Mundy

Ward Mundy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:29:42 +0000

Of course, if you have your own free Asterisk server, you can set up your own free Skype gateway in about 15 minutes and avoid the wait for any of the futureware. And what about performance? We set up a demo machine on a shared Comcast broadband connection so you can compare connection quality for yourself. Using any Skype phone, just call: nerdvittles. Better yet, read our recipe and install your own Skype gateway to Asterisk:

http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=587

By: James Body

James Body — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:26:03 +0000

Quick follow up:

Dameon (Phoneboy) details how to set up two-way Skype SIP Calling here: http://phoneboy.com/2952/opensky-opens-skype-but-does-it-work

By: James Body

James Body — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:22:07 +0000

Markus – you are correct – the OpenSky manual does NOT tell you how to do Skype to SIP calls!

As neither Skype nor Gizmo appear to be able to produce a complete solution then perhaps a good comprimise would be to use Skype for SIP to facilitate Skype -> SIP calls, and OpenSky to run SIP -> Skype!

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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:11:03 +0000

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By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments

Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:32:17 +0000

Can somebody please tell me how to receive Skype calls on SIP software and hardware?

I’ve read the OpenSky manual 3 times but I didn’t find it. In fact it’s not possible.

The only way I see is to call the phone number that is associated to every Gizmo5 account via Skypeout. But this costs money and probably touches the PSTN. It’s not “receive Skype calls on SIP software and hardware” as Michael Robertson states.

Can Michael or another expert please explain?

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:51:53 +0000

classic cat fight

By: KieranMullen

KieranMullen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:13:30 +0000

How is it people paying for products can’t get any replies to emails but the head of the company can put down other products? Gizmo does good have a good product set that I personally use, however their attention to customer service for paying customers is severely lacking. They missed the boat on the backdoor calling, many people would have paid for the service, but they could not figure that out for some reason. They mentioned porting numbers through and I was even willing to pay for their very high porting fee of $40 but I never heard back about it and so I went on to Vitelity for porting. Their international rates could also use some adjustments too.

KieranMullen
http://360oregon.com

By: Fab

Fab — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:27:44 +0000

Maybe he should focus more on getting a decent business product offering and less on calling other people’s products vaporware. I have been waiting for over a year for them to get their act together on this matter… They take about 6 months to reply to tech support queries even for paid services. They were good out the door, with their DID coverage, and asterisk integration, since then they have been only disapointed.

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By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments

Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:11:46 +0000

I dont’ get it.

Can somebody please tell me how to receive Skype calls on my SIP address from Gizmo5?

I’ve read the OpenSky instructions 3 times. But they don’t tell, although Michael Robertson states that you can “receive Skype calls on SIP software and hardware”. That’s just not true. The only thing that you can do is to make Skypeout calls to the phone number which is associated to every Gizmo5 account. But that costs and probably it touches the PSTN. It’s not “receive Skype calls on SIP software and hardware”.

Can Michael or another expert please explain?

By: courtney benson

courtney benson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:51:50 +0000

Do thank my good friend Mark Ursino for coining the term “Vaporware”