On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Brian West wrote: > Their really isn't many differences. A true softswitch will usually > never speak to an end users device directly.
Well, it does serve end-subscribers logically, but no, they are usually not "directly" connected in any meaningful sense; DLCs and GR.303 trunks, or as channels in big multiplexed circuits. The main differences are in capability, scalability, and interoperability. Asterisk has very little of the former compared to a softswitch, and not enough of the latter. -- 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
