[asterisk-biz] Routing large call volumes (400 concurrent calls+)

[Mitul Limbani]

Hi Chris,


Quoting Chris Bagnall <chris at minotaur.it>:

> Greetings list,
>
> I've recently been approached by a traditional PSTN LCR provider who 
> are trying to break into the VoIP market and set themselves up. They 
> have good contacts with some of the large carriers here in the UK who 
> are happy to install interconnects into the datacentre in which they 
> have rackspace.
>
> They're in a tricky position: they won't be generating anywhere near 
> enough volume to justify one of the big Cisco gateways (or similar), 
> but they will have sufficient volume to make PRI cards in asterisk 
> servers rather inefficient.
>
> Initially the main carrier offered to install 16 E1s as a starting 
> point for them, but:
> a) as their call volume increases, having lots of E1 ports and cables 
> seems incredibly inefficient compared to an E3 or TDMoE.
> b) I can't help but feel asterisk might not be the most appropriate 
> solution for something of this scale

I believe you can put up 16 E1s on to a single server and which runs asterisk.
If you require any assistance on that front, do contact us.

Thanks & Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder & CEO,
Enterux Solutions,
The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
www.enterux.com