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[Alistair Cunningham]

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
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