[ale] OT - DSL

[ahuitzot at mindspring.com (Mike Panetta)]

Cool, you learn something new every day I guess :).  I knew it was used
for something in telecommunications, but I was not exactly sure what
for.  Did I atleast get it right that it is a packet based protocol?

Thanks,
Mike

On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 17:28, Keith Hopkins wrote:

> 
> Quick note on SS7:  SS7 would never carry VoIP or any customer-to-customer data.  SS7 was originally developed with POTS in mind, and is used between Service Switch Points a.k.a. phone-switches for carrying control signals (example: call setup, management, and tear down).  SSPs also talk to STPs (SS7 gateways/relays) and SCPs (computers w/SS7 interfaces that manage call information {billing, routing, or service info}).  SS7 does follow the OSI model in design, but is not IP based.
> 
> -- 
> Lost in Tokyo,
>    Keith
> 
> 



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