How does the Monash Phone solution compare with Skype or equivalent products?
While Monash Phone and Skype both utilise the data network to deliver voice calls, this is where the comparison ends. Skype is aimed at voice communications in the consumer/home user market, utilising a person’s existing contacts and relying on users to become ‘supernodes’ to undertake a share of call processing and traffic routing for other calls. Specifically, Monash does not want to allow third-party Skype users to make use of the University’s network. Please refer to the ITS Position Statement on the use of Skype.
