On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 02:42:50PM -0500, John Todd wrote: [snip] > 5)SS7: FAS PRI is where I would see this working first, and then ISUP eventually.
(+1)^10
1) FAS 2) NFAS (It exists in *, right?)
Yes, NFAS does exist in * (though I haven't tried it yet.)
3) Native ISUP; loadable modules so the flavor of the region is accomodated
ss7net=====s/g---ip------*------n X IMT----------pstn + | +----ip------*------n X IMT----------pstn + | +----ip------*------n X IMT----------pstn + | +----ip------*------n X IMT----------pstn
6) I've said before, and I'll say again: most of the biggest users of Asterisk never appear on this forum. They never say anything.
I know of some. Users != Developers (in a fuzzy logic context).
True. However, the people talking about (and sometimes using) Asterisk on very large scales often keep quiet, for reasons I outline in another thread. There are always exceptions. When is the last time you saw someone from one of the four big US-based ILECs post to either list (and acknowledge their employer)? Do you think they're not using Asterisk? Do you think that their contributions, if they were "allowed" or willing to contribute, would be a benefit to the community? A large or a small benefit? I know you're not arguing with me on this topic, but I am sad sometimes when I see the amount of effort put into Asterisk that never sees the light of day due to reasons that are so often purely administrative confusion or pig-headedness. There are also a few enlightened firms, as well, which contribute back to the CVS in anonymous ways. But I fear that that number has dwindled in the last year.
> IBM: I'm waiting. Step up to the plate, guys - this, along withmany other Asterisk improvements, is where you could make a
difference in telco-grade Linux.
IBM knows telecom is still consolidating as an industry, and IBM is not
known for circuit switching or VoIP, so it's a low ROI business sector for them
(IMHO). Why not ask though?
They have supported lksctp generously by donating good people to the
project (leaders have had ibm.com in their email addresses for quite some time).
SCTP will be essential for integrating signal gateways with Asterisk.
-- Michael Mueller
Sorry - I wasn't indicating that IBM was holding out on us or anything. That was a separate thread idea, and I apologize if contextually it seemed like I was accusing IBM of something. IBM has been very helpful to Open Source, but I just think that someone needs to kick them into gear on Asterisk - it's a big opportunity for them to own one of the last expensive boxes in the typical office that isn't a "generic" computer.
Telecom is consolidating, that is certain. It's clear that the consolidation is around VoIP, both at the edges and at the core. It's also clear that the consolidation is eschewing custom hardware as the method to make money - it's now a software question. IBM, while a hardware vendor, can recognize good revenue if they were to build or shift some resources into Asterisk and wrap more stuff into the project and then sell it as a "kit", just like they're doing with other open-source projects. This project, however, has an extremely broad appeal for small-to-midsized offices that are looking at reducing costs and increasing features by using VoIP systems.
This is moving very quickly away from the -dev discussion charter, so this will be my last public post on this thread.
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