Now see... the fact that it can't handle 6 DS3s doesn't mean it's not a softswitch... just that it's not a carrier-grade softswitch.
N. Alex Balashov wrote: > Perhaps I'll be a little more amicable when someone finds a way to bring > at least five or six DS3s into Asterisk. > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Alex Balashov wrote: > > >> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Anthony Francis wrote: >> >> >>> IMHO asterisk is a softswitch, it may not be a very high capacity one >>> (right now) but it can be and if you don't mind splitting your physical >>> trunk calls over multiple machines it works very well as a call routing >>> engine, you just need to have carefully designed plans. It is far to easy >>> to create call routing loops, but if you don't know what you are doing with >>> a real telephony switch you can do the same. >>> >> No SS7/ISUP support (and no TCAP, which is required for LNP and LIDB and >> traditional CNAM), poor/incomplete IMT support, can't take more than a few >> T1s per host - if that. No GR.303 support. >> >> To me that makes it essentially impotent for 99% of the purposes for which >> one would want a Real Softswitch(TM). >> >> -- >> Alex Balashov >> Evariste Systems >> Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ >> Tel : +1-678-954-0670 >> Direct : +1-678-954-0671 >> >> > > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : +1-678-954-0670 > Direct : +1-678-954-0671 > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > > --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 > _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --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
