[asterisk-users] Sort of OT: PBX vs CO

[Stephen Bosch]

Alex Balashov wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 
>> Short version: There's some hope Asterisk could handle the programming,
>> but the switching fabric simply is *not* up to the task yet.
> 
>    And I am not sure that kind of DSP density or CPU-bound framing and
> transcoding is even possible.  At the very least, Asterisk would have
> to have a vast array of rather expensive ASIC cards developed around it
> that would offload a great deal of this functionality;  the dedicated
> DSP support is a good start, but nowhere near where it needs to be.

I read an article about a Luftwaffe pilot who broke the sound barrier in
 an Me262 (the WWII jet fighter). Of course, he did it in a dive. The
claim was disputed.

An aeronautical engineer was quoted as saying, "Even if it were true,
this is a little like doing Formula 1 in a riding mower."

-Stephen-