[asterisk-users] DS3 Interface

[Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)]

Patrick wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 10:14 -0400, Matt wrote:
>> Before you put any work into this... ask yourself... what exactly are
>> you hoping to accomplish?
> 
> I can imagine it be used as a TDM-SIP gateway but if I needed such a box
> I'd rather go for a Lucent MaxTNT, Lucent APX8000 or a Cisco 5xxx or
> look at FreeSWITCH which by design seems more suitable for these kind of
> high performance applications.
> 
>> There is no way one system can handle a DS3s worth of traffic...
>> therefore, what good would this do?
> 
> Why wouldn't today's powerful quadcore servers with Gigabit Ethernet
> interfaces not be able to handle less than 100Mbit/s synchronous
> traffic? Please enlighten me as I am no expert here.
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick


Perhaps it could also be used as a pure TDM switch with no VoIP calls 
involved?

Best regards,
Vlasis Hatzistavrou.