[Ekiga-list] Dialing 1-800 numbers in the US

[David Mohr]

On 10/29/07, JCA <1.41421 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 ? 20:43 +0200, yannick a ?crit :
> >> Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 ? 10:25 -0700, JCA a ?crit :
> >> > test e.g. 1 800 4321359 (for Frontier Airlines.)
> >>
> >> It seems this number answer a SIP 407:
> >> "407 Proxy Authentication Required
> >>
> >>    This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that the
> >>    client MUST first authenticate itself with the proxy.  SIP access
> >>    authentication is explained in Sections 26 and 22.3.
> >>
> >>    This status code can be used for applications where access to the
> >>    communication channel (for example, a telephony gateway) rather than
> >>    the callee requires authentication."
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what this exactly means in this situation...
> >
> > That the user should directly register with the SIP registrar providing
> > access to that number.
> >
> > Imagine XY provides access for free to those numbers, Ekiga.net will
> > route the SIP requests to XY, which should relay the call.
> >
> > In some cases (I suppose it is the case here), XY will require the user
> > to have an XY account to relay the call.
> >
> > We are doing this for 500 at ekiga.net, it is restricted to Ekiga.net
> > users. However, Ekiga.net users can be called by anyone without needing
> > the remote peer to have an ekiga.net sip address.
> >
> > It is a question of policy.
>
>     I hate to bring up the "S" word (it royally pisses me off when
> Skype can do something that Ekiga can't) but the fact is that I have
> yet to come across a single 1800 number in the US that Skype can't
> reach at no charge. This without registering to anything other than
> Skype.
>
>    How come that Skype can do it whereas Ekiga can't?

Because they are different products?

Btw, not too long ago I consistently got so bad audio quality on 1800
numbers from skype that they were practically unusable....

~David