[Asterisk-Dev] SS7 for *

[Steve Underwood]

mawali at news.icns.com wrote:

>Hello Steve
>      It would have been good if you took a little more time to tell what 
>do you mean by "SS7 for * is now working.", since there has been no such 
>announcement.
>  
>
It hasn't been announced. It is still in testing. It is, however, 
functional. It is providing non-fee paying service somewhere in Europe, 
while its stability and reliability are being evaluated. What happens 
next is under discussion. Many places demand it be approved. Approval 
would cost upwards of $100,000 and the approval may not be portable to 
the various markets wanting this thing.

> Can you please explain (you do know there is a bounty on  it).
>  
>
All that work for a chocolate bar. No way :-)

Seriously, I have never found bounties on these things to be of any 
interest. If you offer a bounty for something of modest size - something 
that is at most a few days work - it sometimes gets people interested in 
doing the work. A bounty for something as complex as SS7 will never 
reach the level where it justifies the man years of effort. I'd be 
interested in hearing of any examples where this has not been true.

Regards,
Steve