Gizmo SIP

[nocturn]

Has anyone tried Gizmo, it's a SIP client.

I'm especially interested in the dialOUT functions...

Is it reliable, is the sound quality ok, is there a lag?

[gnu2tux]

IMHO it's far better than Skype - free voicemail, you get 0.25c free callout credit when you start up and it works very well.

It was a tad buggy when it was first released, but it seems rock solid on my ubuntu box now.

Definitely worth while.

allybally.

[derek_harding]

I agree - I have used Gizmo on several different Linux and Windows installation - including my laptops, and I think it performs better than Skype though it doesn;t have the "polish".
I haven't tried Skype with asterisk but I have used my Gizmo account with it quite successfully.
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Best wishes,
Derek

[derek_harding]

Sorry - I should have read your request more closely:

DialOut - seems to work pretty well - I have never had any failure but I find the sound quality is not always very good gatewayed onto a POT system.
Internal calls - within LANs, across the WAN and Internet do not seem to suffer significant lag but I have found significant volume loss on WAN and Internet connexions (I use standard ADSL).
Once only have I had to abandon a call due to lag but several times because of low volume.

I hope that helps more than my other reply!

All the best

[nocturn]

Sorry - I should have read your request more closely:

DialOut - seems to work pretty well - I have never had any failure but I find the sound quality is not always very good gatewayed onto a POT system.
Internal calls - within LANs, across the WAN and Internet do not seem to suffer significant lag but I have found significant volume loss on WAN and Internet connexions (I use standard ADSL).
Once only have I had to abandon a call due to lag but several times because of low volume.

I hope that helps more than my other reply!

All the best

Thanks for your answer!

I want to use it mainly to call from my PC to a mobile in Turkey (I'm in Belgium), so I'll have to test it to see how it behaves...

[majikstreet]

I've used the 25 cents up and it's fairly nice.. I would use it if I hadn't pushed like six people into using skype.. lol