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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am working with Verizon to
terminate SIP calls for me. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>MY QUESTION: I notice the diagram shows only one asterisk server
(softswitch). Since asterisk is not very good at clustering (appearing as
one entity), I would have to have multiple servers (softswitches). You
mentioned "You will give us the IP addresses of your softswitch(es) and that
will allow communication between your network and ours." If I gave
you 3 IP addresses (to three asterisk softswitches), how would you hand off the
calls unless there was some policy defining which calls go to which IPs.</DIV>
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size=2>THEIR RESPONSE: I only represented one softswitch, because many of
my previous customers only have one. Since you will have multiple
softswitches, do you plan on implementing a session border controller?
This would allow us to point the traffic to the SBC and thereby eliminating the
worry of trying to separate the traffic. Are all the Asterisks going to be
in the same location?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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Soooo, what does she mean by a session border controller? As I understand,
* is the SBC right? If not, how would an SBC fit into the picture with
Asterisk?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=068153221-09032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
Gabe</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=068153221-09032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. And yes, I have
thought about SER as a solution to this and have not yet given it a
try.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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