Alex Balashov wrote: > Also, I agree with this stance. There's nothing wrong with a pure-SIP > service delivery platform; Broadsoft is doing just fine. :-) > > Bringing the calls into Enswitch over a hard circuit depends on TDM > support that - for all the evolution of the technology over the last few > years - is still sometimes flaky, and limits the scalability, dynamic > organisation and high availability of the platform. Specifically, it > ties call acceptance (and perhaps processing) to a particular host into > which the circuit is plugged. > > It is much wiser to use outside TDM->SIP gateways. They are more > robust, have lower mean time between failure, interoperate better, and > allow the platform the fluidity of existing in a pure IP space. >
From our customers' perspective, it's really the flexibility that's the primary factor. Being able to mix and match capacity at various geographical POPs for PSTN connections, all connected to a central Enswitch system, is key. Alistair Cunningham +1 888 468 3111 +44 20 799 39 799 http://integrics.com/ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
