Re: [Ekiga-list] About Ekiga.net

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Hello Tony,

Thank you for the e-mail.

Ekiga is the software. It is based on the SIP protocol, and as such, is compatible with other SIP software : client-side and server-side.
Ekiga.net is the platform. It is where you register a free SIP address that you can exchange with friends and family to get in touch.

Of course, you do not need Ekiga.net to use Ekiga. Some people use Ekiga with their own PBX system, with Polycom videoconferencing software, or with other SIP providers.

But if you do not use them and need to ekiga to talk to relatives, the easiest is to get a SIP address from there.

I think we need help with maintaining the WEB look&feel of the various sites (outside of coding skills to maintain the software and the platform).

Damien

Le mardi 31 mars 2015 à 10:38 +0200, Tony Moody a écrit :
>     Hallo Damien.
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>     I am very happy with Ekiga and what it does. It all seemed fairly seamless to install and get working, and to talk to myself. :-)  I did manage to wake a person up on the other side of the world by 'phoning' at random. 
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>     I'm fairly sure that I do not understand the implications of your message below. Not sure how it all works . What does the platform do? Could I help maintain the platform in some way? 
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>     My problem really is how to motivate friends and family to use this service. I think what would help me here is to become more familiar with the service. Something that would help is a directory of people in same time zone, willing to be phoned. in order to practise using Ekiga with a real person before making a fool of myself with colleagues, friends or family. 
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>     All Best,
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>     
>     Tony Moody 
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>     On 28 Mar 2015 at 18:12, Damien Sandras wrote about :
>     Subject : [Ekiga-list] About Ekiga.net
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>     > Hi everyone,
>     > 
>     > 
>     > Ekiga.net has been running since 2006 when there were no free SIP
>     > providers. Maintaining the platform is much work for our small team.
>     > Some features have been missing for years without anyone having the time
>     > to implement them.
>     > 
>     > Should we keep the platform or try to find a partnership with someone to
>     > move it to another platform?
>     > 
>     > Who is using Ekiga.net? 
>     > 
>     > Through the years there have been nearly 1 million subscribers.
>     > 
>     > Ah well, if each of them had donated 1 € ;)
>     > -- 
>     > Damien SANDRAS
>     > 
>     > Ekiga Project 
>     > http://www.ekiga.org
>     > 
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Damien SANDRAS

Ekiga Project
http://www.ekiga.org