why yak's underlying technology is better than skype's
Yak's advantage over companies like Skype is its underlying technology:
Yak uses SIP, a well-defined protocol that is one of the standard protocols for developing products for 3G networks and that anyone can use and understand. Skype uses a proprietary protocol that outsiders only have a rough idea as to how it works since their security is closed source and not accessible for review - you have to trust that they are doing what they claim in terms of security.
Yak sets up call routing via the YakForFree network while Skype uses the concept of supernodes, in which a Skype user's computer is used to route calls for other users; leap frogging or piggy backing a call from one user's network to another. This is not something companies want happening behind their firewall.
SIP also makes it easy for us to connect to other SIP networks, which will come in handy when we want to start communicating with other SIP networks and expanding our reach of people we can talk to without the PSTN.
Video interface has to be consumer friendly or else it will not be universally adopted. Yak has tried to make set up of the video phone as painless as possible for the average user, thus the video phone is laid out very much like a standard PC Media player such as WinAmp. Other VoIP services come riddled with additional bundled Spyware and Adware junk that customers do not ask for and will most likely already have.
Yak's product is based on a safe/trusted and open protocol versus Skype's closed source black box security.
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why yak's underlying technology is better than skype's Yak's advantage over companies like Skype is its underlying technology: Yak uses SIP, a well-defined protocol that is one of the standard protocols for developing products for 3G networks and that anyone can use and understand. Skype uses a proprietary protocol that outsiders only have a rough idea as to how it works since their security is closed source and not accessible for review - you have to trust that they are doing what they claim in terms of security. Yak sets up call routing via the YakForFree network while Skype uses the concept of supernodes, in which a Skype user's computer is used to route calls for other users; leap frogging or piggy backing a call from one user's network to another. This is not something companies want happening behind their firewall. SIP also makes it easy for us to connect to other SIP networks, which will come in handy when we want to start communicating with other SIP networks and expanding our reach of people we can talk to without the PSTN. Video interface has to be consumer friendly or else it will not be universally adopted. Yak has tried to make set up of the video phone as painless as possible for the average user, thus the video phone is laid out very much like a standard PC Media player such as WinAmp. Other VoIP services come riddled with additional bundled Spyware and Adware junk that customers do not ask for and will most likely already have. Yak's product is based on a safe/trusted and open protocol versus Skype's closed source black box security.