FOOD FOR THOUGHT What do ya'll do for g729?

[DarkQuark]

I use a SIP trunk on my install and also have connections to the PBX I back haul with wireless as well as phones that register over the internet.

Needless to say I make good use of 729. I use licenses I bought from Digium for this. The aggravation comes in whenever I rebuild my PIAF box as I have to contact Digium and create a support ticket so I can re-register the licenses.

There must be a better way.

What do you guys do?

Thanks,
Donnie

 

[atsak]

Contact Digium to reissue the licenses.

 

[DarkQuark]

Sucks doing that don't it? Not to mention they will at some point refuse to reissue them. They told me they had maxed out and I could not do it again. I then explained to them that was fine but then I expect a full refund as there was nothing I read when buying the licenses about them just being a rental. That got me through that time but I doubt I can do it again.

Donnie

 

[phoneguy]

Donnie

They clearly state that the license is tied to a hardware box in their ToS. http://www.digium.com/en/company/policies/g729-codec

Its the same policy we use with Commercial Modules for FreePBX. You are buying the rights to software tied to a specific hardware.

 

[DarkQuark]

Thanks for the clarification. I just assumed that is the way it was. I cannot say I agree with that licensing model especially in this day and age with virtual everything but obviously that is up to the company. Not to mention like I said in the initial post, that is not a license purchase in my mind but a license rental. It is no different than saying your drivers license is only good until you change cars.

Donnie

 

[phoneguy]

welcome to software license 101

 

[Chris Sweeney]

You can always buy the transcoder card and then you won't have to worry about the license problem. It's cheaper in the long run anyway.

 

[DarkQuark]

You know I thought that was a pretty good idea until I saw that the cards are like a grand

If I was running this at work I would go that route (I always prefer hardware transcoding to software) but this is just at home so I will stick with software. Now with that said I also run CallManager but I use a router with DSP's for transcoding.

Thanks for the suggestion.
Donnie