I was starting my evaluation of the beta PhoneGnome to Skype feature today when I found that the GnomeLink client is really the (not yet rebranded - it's beta!) Uplink SIP to Skype Adapter available free from Australian-based NCH Swift Sound. If you look at their Typical Applications, it appears to be targeted more at the SME PBX market as an interconnect from the PBX into Skype. From their website:

The SIP protocol has become the industry standard for VoIP. Thousands of telephone companies, IP phone manufacturers and virtual IP based PBX systems use this protocol to connect calls. The problem is the proprietary IP phone 'Skype' has an almost cult following in the youth market and sometimes the call rates for SkypeOut are discounted. This software lets you connect calls between the two systems.

Then I found a post from Michigan Telephone Blog that speculates about its potential as a Skype to Asterisk@Home interface:

Now, I haven't tried to do it, but maybe you could set this up on a Windows box along with a compatible softphone and use that as an interface between Asterisk and Skype.

I'm not the geek techie type but would be interested to hear Comments about its potential in the ongoing Skype vs SIP debate. (As would the people at Michigan Telephone Blog -- comment there or here.)

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