Squawk Box September 19 – Skype and SIP peering
On Friday we usually try to wrap up a few of the stories from the week with a discussion. Yesterday was no exception, as I had a large list of topics. We began with the relatively easy discussion around Skype’s Jonathan Christensen’s assertion that VoIP is dead, from ITEXPO, and then moved on to Michael Robertson’s letter to Skype. Robertson is accusing Skype of hypocrisy when Skype demands that the carriers open their networks to Skype, but in turn refuse to open Skype to SIP providers. Naturally, it’s controversial. His letter attracted a strongly worded response from Skype Journal, and an equally passionate response from Michael again.
Michael Robertson himself joined our call, and a ferocious debate ensued among the participants. Needless to say, we didn’t get through the rest of the list of topics I had.
On the Calliflower Conference Call: Hudson Barton, Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, Mark Hewitt, Jeb Brilliant, Ian Hood, Bill Volk, James Body, Stuart Henshall, Jonathan Jensen, Tom Orr, Pat Phelan, Sergio Meinardi, Dan Rockwell, Heather Olson, and Michael Robertson
September 21st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Michael, as usual, is spot on here. Open is best. Period. End of story. There are no other relevant issues.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
Skype and SIP interop – the two sides of the issue raised by Michael Robertson…
Should Skype open up it’s network to other users? to other networks? Should Skype stop preaching about “openness” when it’s network remains closed? In the middle of last week, there was quite a little storm raised in the VoIP corner…
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
[...] to the recording of last Friday’s Calliflower conference call with Alec Saunders on Skype & SIP peering. I must say that was was embarrased for the host. There’s a tremendous amount of background [...]
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Great call! Wish I could have been there live, but I was on a flight at the time.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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September 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
[...] to the recording of last Friday’s Calliflower conference call with Alec Saunders on Skype & SIP peering. I must say that I was embarrassed for the host. There’s a tremendous amount of background [...]
February 19th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
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