It was a limitation from the provider. Apparently the carrier would not provide them with additional simultaneous connections. They claimed this was a "security feature" of the carrier.
Thanks, -Lee On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Chris A. Icide wrote: > Lee Barken wrote: > > >Dear Asterisk Community, > > Does your company provide inbound 800# origination? If so, please read > >this message and e-mail us a quote for monthly co-lo hosting of our > >asterisk server and per-minute inbound 800# origination. > > > >The Prostate Cancer Research and Education Foundation (PC-REF) is a > >non-profit organization dedicated to helping prostate cancer sufferers and > >their loved ones. We have created a weekly "call-in show" using Asterisk > >that we offer as a FREE service to the public. Callers can ask their > >questions from world reknown experts, or just listen in. It's kind of > >like a "talk show" except you use your telephone, instead of a radio. > > > >We need a provider who can host our Asterisk Server and provide reliable > >IAX2 or SIP inbound 800# traffic. The show is one hour per week. We need > >the capability to support 100+ simultaneous callers. Most callers listen > >for the entire duration of the show. > > > >We have been working with another provider for the last several months, > >however, after many trials and tribulations, they have determined that > >their maximum capacity is 15 simultaneous callers. They will remain > >anonymous for the time being, as I truly believe that they worked very > >hard and to the best of their abilities. However, they were just > >technically unable to deliver to our requirements, despite their promises > >and best efforts. As they have been kind enough to offer a complete > >refund, I see no reason to "embarass" them in this forum. > > > >Therefore, it would be "helpful" (but not an absolute requirement) for > >your company to be able to "port/migrate" our 800 number so that we can > >keep our existing phone number. > > > >We are ready to move quickly and eager to establish a long term, mutually > >beneficial working relationship. This call in show has the potential to > >help many Prostate Cancer sufferers! Your assistance will be recognized > >and appreciated!! > > > >Many Thanks, > > -Lee > > > > > > > Lee, > > Was the 15 simultaneous limitation a limit of the asterisk conference > room system (meetme) or the providers bandwidth, or something else? > > -Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
