Re: [rtcweb] Sebastien Cubaud's non-ICE mechanism (Re: Summary of ICE discussion)

Tim Panton <tim@phonefromhere.com> Tue, 11 October 2011 09:34 UTC

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On 11 Oct 2011, at 05:22, Randell Jesup wrote:
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> Is it workable?  I think so.  Is it worthwhile?  I don't know.  I'm somewhat skeptical since it solves only a subset of the problem space (for connecting to legacy devices/gateways).

I just want to add that in my experience it is a _small_ subset of the problem space. 
This group risks duplicating my costly mistake by assuming
that people want to connect to the PSTN/desk phones from their browser.

In general they don't. 
They want to communicate with other browser users on the same (or related) site(s).
That is the area we should be focussing on. If we get legacy interop too - great, but
PSTN interconnect really shouldn't be the deciding factor.

Tim.