[asterisk-users] what is softswitch

[Alex Balashov]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Brian West wrote:

> Their really isn't many differences.  A true softswitch will usually 
> never speak to an end users device directly.

   Well, it does serve end-subscribers logically, but no, they are usually 
not "directly" connected in any meaningful sense;  DLCs and GR.303 trunks,
or as channels in big multiplexed circuits.

   The main differences are in capability, scalability, and 
interoperability.  Asterisk has very little of the former compared to a 
softswitch, and not enough of the latter.

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