> I gave up on Skype when it couldn't reliably do 2-way audio through my
> firewall, and there was no information on how to fix it because it's supposed
> to "Just Work (tm)". Getting SIP working took some doing, but it's
> sufficiently open that it was possible if I put the effort in. The target
> should be to get the best of both; something that usually Just Works, but that
> is fixable on the rare occasions that it doesn't, and can be tweaked to better
> suit specific situations by anyone sufficiently clued up.
>