An 8 person conference call using uncompressed voice stream (G7.11) would take about 500 kb upload bandwidth
If you used G7.29 (at a one time cost of ~$10/person) then the bandwidth would be about 80kb and sound *much* better. Of course no one from the PSTN could join in unless they went through a SIP gateway to your site... but who wants those losers to listen in to your conference anyway? enjoy! Jon Carnes CTO FeatureTel On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 12:00, Wing D Lizard wrote: > If I wanted to set up this up at our office ( or at home), > all I would need is an asterisk server, and a bunch of > softphones ( or usb phones)? > > How much bandwidth do I need for say 8 person conference call? > > Has anybody tried this? Would it work on a good broadband > isp? > > It looks like I could do the same thing with skype. > > b² > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The free conference is a bit of a misnomer since you have to pay > >$.10/minute/line. The same price we (FeatureTel) charge for our > >conference bridge. > > > >We use an Asterisk box for our conference bridge. The setup was very > >simple, and MeetMe conferencing works very well on it. It basically > >accepts SIP connections from our servers and clients and joins them into > >conferences based on a login number - each conference has a special > >login number associated with it. > > > >VoIP is really going to be driving the pricing down on conferencing. The > >scalability and ease of setup make conferencing much easier than the old > >traditional Bridges. BTW: that site www.freeconference.com looks and > >acts just like our Asterisk conference bridge, and since the pricing is > >identical I'll bet it *is* Asterisk based :-) > > > >Jon Carnes > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Alan Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:27 am > >Subject: Re: [TriLUG] conference call solution -- old school > > > > > >>>I would like to replace the AT&T conference call with something > >>> > >>cheaper. > >>This does not address the "whiteboard" problem, but... > >> > >>Our company uses a free voice conference system called "Free > >>Conference".It's a traditional phone-based conference system, not a > >>computer-based > >>system. Old school. > >> > >>http://www.freeconference.com > >> > >>Conference calls are free if you use a non-8xx number. Since many > >>peoplehave free long distance with their cell phones, VOIP or with > >>a bundled > >>landline service plan, the conference calls can be pretty cheap/free. > >> > >> > >> > >>Alan > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>. > >>-- > >>TriLUG mailing list : > >>http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilugTriLUG Organizational > >>FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >>TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >>TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > >> > >> > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
