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    | Channel-associated
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    | CAS means in-band signalling over voice channels. 
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    | signalling
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    | circuit
    switched connection 
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    | CAS has two serious
    draw-backs: 
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    | 1) Setting up a circuit
    switched connection is very
    slow. 
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    | 2) Signalling
    to/from databases is not
    possible (setting 
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    | up a circuit
    switched connection to the database would 
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    | be extremely
    inconvenient). 
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