[Malvern] H323

[Richard Smedley]

Hello Geoff,

On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:05 +0000, Geoff Bagley wrote:
> Since getting interested in VoIP,  and buying a SIP phone  (actually two 
> !),  I have been reading about H323.
> 
> Do any of the gang use this ? 

I'd be surprised if anyone's bothering with anything that isn't
SIP or H323 - Google's Jabber extensions excepted, but then
Google are moving to SIP too :)

>  Is it Linux-friendly, 

As we discussed [1], Ekiga uses it (& SIP). 

> Are the service providers cheap and plentiful ?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sip+providers+uk&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

>  and is it an 
> alternative to SIP ? 

Have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol
for a reasonable introduction to the two.

hth,
Happy dialling,

 - Richard

[1]
http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/malvern/2007-November/002491.html