Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-08 Thread Mark Willis
On 2010-02-06 21:42, C F wrote: For a case like this I would go with overhead paging. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark Willismarksli...@markwillis.net wrote: Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-06 Thread C F
For a case like this I would go with overhead paging. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark Willis marksli...@markwillis.net wrote: Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a

[asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Mark Willis
Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a single server. My concerns are: - My limited math capabilities suggest 41 Mbps of RTP traffic, which seems like a lot, plus asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread jon pounder
Mark Willis wrote: This could potentially create a very weird audio situation where the delay between adjacent phones is audible so instead of acting like loudspeakers in parallel on a conventional system, it just sounds like a bunch of people talking at once and is not understandable. Has

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Philipp Kempgen
Mark Willis schrieb: Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a single server. My concerns are: - My limited math capabilities suggest 41 Mbps of RTP traffic, which seems

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Mark Willis wrote: Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a single server. My concerns are: - My limited math capabilities suggest 41 Mbps of RTP

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark Willis marksli...@markwillis.net wrote: Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a single server. My concerns are: - My limited math

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Mark Willis
I thought of that too, but the phones will be spread over a large number of rooms in several buildings, so that won't be too much of an issue. Mark Willis On 2010-02-05 15:55, jon pounder wrote: Mark Willis wrote: This could potentially create a very weird audio situation where the delay

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Philipp von Klitzing
Hi! Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones simultaneously from a single server. My concerns are: - My limited math capabilities suggest 41 Mbps of RTP traffic, which seems like a lot Use

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Mark Willis
Thanks everyone, I'll look at multicast. The customer prefers Snom phones, luckily. Mark On 2010-02-05 16:32, Philipp von Klitzing wrote: Hi! Has anyone done any large scale intercom deployments with Asterisk? I've been asked about building a system to one-way page 500 phones

Re: [asterisk-users] large scale paging

2010-02-05 Thread Mark Willis
On 2010-02-05 16:20, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Mark Willis wrote: - My limited math capabilities suggest 41 Mbps of RTP traffic, which seems like a lot, plus asterisk would be taking a single input stream and exploding it out to 500 endpoints. How did you get that