The other issue is scale. A single Class 5 switch shelf can take many DS3s, and even several OC-Xs.
Asterisk can take... what, a few T1s? Maybe? That's nice. And entirely worthless. Someone is going to have to make it possible to take at least a few DS3s in a PC before something like Asterisk + SpanDSP + whatever can work as any kind of "softswitch." And, as has been mentioned already, SS7 is the other big problem. And OpenSS7 only supports--to the extent that it supports anything--ISUP at this point. Again, nice, but by itself abysmally worthless; a modern switch needs TCAP for LNP and LIDB and a whole host of other capabilities. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : +1-678-954-0670 Direct : +1-678-954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
