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