G'day everyone... I have a client that has a software/hardware application that frequently requires very large numbers of outbound calls to happen very quickly. The calls are important and are tracked within their application. They are currently hosting at one of the major telco's - paying a handsome fee. I was thinking this would be a good job for some Asterisk folks. I was brought in to assist with the Telco DS3 negotiations. I was thinking that having lots of PRI''s/DS3's sitting idle 90% of the time just to handle the spikes is awful wasteful - that if we hosted at 151 Front, and paid a per cent call cost it would work out much better. The calls are important though - they need to make thousands of calls very quickly. Obviously the thread about co-lo is very relevant - but I am also hoping for any experience users have with this. My client isn't doing marketing calls, but I would presume that these types of applications are a good, and common use of Asterisk? How many simultaneous calls would a good server be able to dial out at one time? We keep at least 4 to 6 PRI's busy all the time, with another 15+ for peak times - so the call volume is fairly large. In an Asterisk world how would this scenario be 'costed'? Just a per minute rate (with volume commitments presumably?)
Thanks! Mike
