Re: Bridge issues (Re: [MINUTES] W3C Credentials CG Call - 2018-03-20 12pm ET)

Manu, thanks, I wasn't on this week's call and I realize what a hassle this
is. You and Digital Bazaar are doing yeoman's work for the community.

=Drummond

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:19 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apologies for the terrible audio bridge issues today. That rarely
> happens, but seems to be increasing in severity. We were able to track
> down what happened today and it boils down to this:
>
> Our incoming channel bandwidth from our upstream VoIP provider is rated
> at 4 simultaneous PBX (public phone system) calls. The system is able to
> burst to 8 simultaneous callers for hours at a time... and we had 16
> phone-based callers today. Running a system at 400% capacity is going to
> cause problems.
>
> We haven't hit this problem before because many people used to connect
> via SIP, leaving the phone-based lines to those that really needed them.
> Lately, most everyone has been using the phone-based number to dial in,
> which led to the tragedy of the commons failure we had today.
>
> We have asked our current provider to increase our channel bandwidth and
> they're mishandling the upgrade process pretty terribly (slow to
> respond, not transparent about what they're doing on their end, etc.).
> That is not acceptable.
>
> Here's what we're doing to address the issue:
>
> We are setting up a parallel set of phone numbers via another
> provider (Twilio) AND adding European dial-in numbers for those that
> have been using Skype to dial our US-based number.
>
> We are opting for an unlimited dial plan option via Twilio as well. In
> the end this will give us:
>
> 1. Three dial in numbers from two upstream providers (redundancy, fail
>    over, etc.)
> 2. Dial in numbers for North America and Europe, as well as the SIP and
>    WebRTC dial in options we currently have.
> 3. All of the accessibility, transparency, and automation tools that the
>    communities have had for the last 9+ years.
>
> However, I don't expect all of this to be in place for next weeks call
> so I suggest we have a primary Zoom room ready, with audio recording
> capability, and use that. Once the new VoIP/PBX/SIP providers are in
> place, we can switch back.
>
> We'll keep the community updated as things progress.
>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: The State of W3C Web Payments in 2017
> http://manu.sporny.org/2017/w3c-web-payments/
>
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