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

[Anthony Francis]

Todd Adamson wrote:
> As I am working my way to understand Asterisk, I have a couple of 
> questions that hopefully someone will answer.
>
> I know there are differences between a PBX switch and a CO switch. 
> Can Asterisk completely replace and act as a CO switch?  Are there any 
> telecoms out there using Asterisk as a CO switch?  If so, how well 
> does it work? If not, why not?
>
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Many ITSP's use Asterisk as a CO switch, in fact, I do. It works rather 
well as long as its distributed and you carefully plan.

Anthony