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

Hi all,
Could we impose upon someone to allow us to use their Zoom room for the
next CCG meeting while we figure out our long-term solution?

Thanks,
Kim (on behalf of chairs)

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 9:54 PM =Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@evernym.com>
wrote:

> 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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