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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 | + | |
| - | * SIP | + | |
| - | * Integrated providers (Skype, TruPhone, Google Voice, etc.) | + | |
| ===== Evaluation ===== | ===== Evaluation ===== | ||
| - | * XMPP+Jingle | + | |
| * Self-hosting: | * Self-hosting: | ||
| * Voice: yes | * Voice: yes | ||
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| ===== Evaluation ===== | ===== Evaluation ===== | ||
| - | * SIP | + | |
| - | * Self-hosting: | + | * Self-hosting: |
| * Voice: yes | * Voice: yes | ||
| - | * Text: ? | + | * Text: yes |
| * Video: ? | * Video: ? | ||
| * POTS: yes (provider dependent) | * POTS: yes (provider dependent) | ||
| ===== Evaluation ===== | ===== Evaluation ===== | ||
| - | * Integrated providers | + | |
| * Self-hosting: | * Self-hosting: | ||
| * Voice: yes | * Voice: yes | ||
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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. | ||
| - | ===== Summary | + | ===== Evaluation (tabulated) |
| - | * XMPP+Jingle | + | | ^ Self-hosting ^ Voice ^ Text ^ Video ^ POTS ^ |
| - | * Limited by lack of POTS bridge | + | | //**XMPP + Jingle**// | yes | yes | yes | yes | no? | |
| + | | //**SIP**// | ||
| + | | // | ||
| - | ===== Summary ===== | + | †Provider dependent\\ |
| - | * SIP | + | ‡Skype uses closed-standard and proprietary codecs. Others may also.\\ |
| - | * ? | + | ††Some with SMS |
| - | ===== Summary | + | ===== Conclusion |
| - | * Integrated providers | + | |
| + | * **SIP**: ? | ||
| + | * **Integrated providers**: | ||
| * Not free | * Not free | ||
| - | | + | * Open APIs available for some. |
| - | | + | |
| * Some (most? all?) use closed/ | * Some (most? all?) use closed/ | ||
| + | * No self-hosting | ||
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