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<font size=3>At 07:29 PM 2013-10-05, Stephen H. Smith wrote:<br><br>
>I misunderstood Bob's original proposal. I thought he was
suggesting <br>
>"hardwiring" the message response/ack mechanism to use a
set fixed SSn-N.<br><br>
Ahh, thanks. I was wondering. And my reply is not
sarcastic. I have missed some key concepts in the past so I'm
always trying to understand.<br><br>
>That being said, how often does SSn-N actually get used?<br>
><br>
>Is it really useful for anything?<br>
><br>
>It would seem to me that probably the greater metro area on both
sides of a <br>
>border have more in common with each other, than either side does
with the <br>
>rural interior of their respective states/provinces.<br><br>
My view, and it could be incompolete, is that SS7-7 is designed for ARES
type of situation where your message must go more than 2 or 3
hops. Now even here in Alberta a big city is usually within 3
hops. But the provincial operations centre is about four or
five hops from corners of Alberta.<br><br>
So yes it's not used much, or hardly at all, but it is there and I feel
it should be correctly implemented by the device/software operator if
desired.<br><br>
Besides I want to play with it and it's in the specs.
<smile><br><br>
Tony</font></body>
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