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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
live in a very rural area and may have the opportunity to access a cell phone
license that would allow us to provide cell phone service to the area.
However, it may be necessary for us to provide our own switch to make this work
they way we want. We have dabbled with asterisk but do not know its full
capabilities. My questions:</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Can
asterisk be configured to act like a switch, </span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Interconnecting
local cell to cell calls?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Transferring
non cell to cell calls to another remote switch that is connected to the
PSTN?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Handling
up to 5,000 cell phones?</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Has
anyone done anything like this?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Can
it be done?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>steve </span></font></p>
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