[asterisk-users] what is softswitch

Wed Sep 19 11:08:12 CDT 2007

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:15:25AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
> 
> Asterisk is a PBX.  A softswitch is more or less a fully featured 
> telephone switch, usually one that is extensively application-driven
> (more so than traditional big-iron switches) and multiprotocol.  

Hmmm, Still describes Asterisk.

> A 
> softswitch implements full PSTN interconnection and Class 5 end-user
> features, among other things.

Sounds like both you and bkw know what the difference is but don't
really know how to explain it...

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