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===== Motivation ===== | ===== Motivation ===== | ||
* Mobile data is almost ubiquitous. | * Mobile data is almost ubiquitous. | ||
- | * Makes it possible to contemplate a free (as in speech) | + | * Makes it possible to contemplate a // |
* Communication means should be: | * Communication means should be: | ||
* decoupled from the data provider(s). | * decoupled from the data provider(s). | ||
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* Ideally **FOSS**. | * Ideally **FOSS**. | ||
* If self-hosting not possible, then an **open API** is possibly acceptable. | * If self-hosting not possible, then an **open API** is possibly acceptable. | ||
- | * **Open standards** | + | * **Open standards** |
- | * End-to-end | + | |
===== Criteria ===== | ===== Criteria ===== | ||
- | * The service should offer: | + | * The service(s) should offer: |
* **voice communication** | * **voice communication** | ||
* **text messaging** | * **text messaging** | ||
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* Until critical mass is attained, incoming/ | * Until critical mass is attained, incoming/ | ||
- | ===== Possibilities | + | ===== Some options |
- | * **XMPP+Jingle** | + | * **XMPP + Jingle** |
* **SIP** | * **SIP** | ||
- | * **Integrated providers** (Skype, TruPhone, Google Voice, etc.) | + | * **Integrated providers** (Skype, Google Voice, TruPhone, etc.) |
===== Evaluation ===== | ===== Evaluation ===== | ||
- | * **XMPP+Jingle** | + | * **XMPP + Jingle** |
* Self-hosting: | * Self-hosting: | ||
* Voice: yes | * Voice: yes | ||
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===== Evaluation ===== | ===== Evaluation ===== | ||
* **SIP** | * **SIP** | ||
- | * Self-hosting: | + | * Self-hosting: |
* Voice: yes | * Voice: yes | ||
- | * Text: ? | + | * Text: yes |
* Video: ? | * Video: ? | ||
* POTS: yes (provider dependent) | * POTS: yes (provider dependent) | ||
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* Video: yes | * Video: yes | ||
* POTS: yes | * POTS: yes | ||
- | * Additional comments: Skype uses **closed-standard and proprietary codecs**. Others may also. | + | * Comments: |
+ | * Skype uses closed-standard and proprietary codecs. Others may also. | ||
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+ | ===== Evaluation (tabulated) ===== | ||
+ | | ^ Self-hosting ^ Voice ^ Text ^ Video ^ POTS ^ | ||
+ | | //**XMPP + Jingle**// | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | |||
+ | †Provider dependent\\ | ||
+ | ‡Skype uses closed-standard and proprietary codecs. Others may also.\\ | ||
+ | ††Some with SMS | ||
- | ===== Summary | + | ===== Conclusion |
- | * **XMPP+Jingle**: | + | * **XMPP + Jingle**: Limited by lack of POTS bridge |
* **SIP**: ? | * **SIP**: ? | ||
* **Integrated providers**: | * **Integrated providers**: |
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