On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 09:42:39AM -0500, Todd Adamson wrote: > I know there are differences between a PBX switch and a CO switch.
Yeah, kinda. Some colleges use AT&T 5ESS-2000s as PBXen. > Can Asterisk completely replace and act as a CO switch? Are there any > telecoms out there using Asterisk as a CO switch? If so, how well > does it work? If not, why not? The major issue you'd have in trying to build a CO (class 5) switch out of Asterisk -- ok, one of a dozen major issues :-) -- would be that you need to speak SS7 to The Network... which means, quite apart from the fact that you need Asterisk to know how to speak SS7, which I don't know if it does or not, that you need something with an SS7 interface system that's certified by the carriers. The Local Switching System Generic Requirements -- the implementation standards document that tells you what you need to do to build a Class 5 switch -- is available from Bellcore. Well, Telcordia now, I guess. It's something like 14 volumes, over 10,000 pages, and well up into 4 digits in price, last time I looked. http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/docs.cgi?ID=203579079D000052&KEYWORDS=lssgr&TITLE=&DOCUMENT=&DATE=&CLASS=&COUNT=1000 Since it's apparently now an enterprise license only item, that may be "up into 5 digits in price". Let's just say: "I wouldn't". Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ --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
