Cost of conference bridge?

Does anyone know how much the W3C budgets for their conference bridge
each year?

 

I've never investigated the market rate for such things.

 

Or can we all just run to a VOIP server at OASIS ??!!!

 

DW

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:
[chairs] Conference call infrastructure
From: Rex Brooks
<>
Date: Fri, January 13, 2006 10:45
am
To: Elysa Jones <>, Juan Carlos
Cruellas
<>, Nick Pope
<>
Cc:


+5

At 9:07 AM -0600 1/13/06,
Elysa Jones wrote:
>+4!!!
>
>At 04:51 AM 1/13/2006,
Juan Carlos Cruellas wrote:
>>+3
>>Nick Pope
wrote:
>>
>>>+2
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original
Message-----
>>>>From: Miko Matsumura
[mailto:]
>>>>Sent: 12 January
2006 22:45
>>>>To: Paul Fremantle; James Bryce Clark;

>>>>Subject: RE: [chairs]
Conference call
infrastructure
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>+1
>>>>-----Original
Message-----
>>>>From: Paul Fremantle
[mailto:] Sent: Thursday, 
>>>>January 12,
2006 2:39 PM
>>>>To: James Bryce Clark;

>>>>Subject: [chairs]
Conference call
infrastructure
>>>>
>>>>There was a
previous suggestion that OASIS might sponsor or provide
a
>>>>conference call facility for TC working
groups.
>>>>
>>>>At that time someone
suggested using the freeconference.com
facility.
>>>>
>>>>Our TC has been using
that for the last two months, but it seems like
>>>>we,
like the compulsive gambler who has the bad luck to win first
time,
>>>>were unlucky enough to get a more favourable
impression of the facility
>>>>than was warranted. In
other words - it worked the first time, but has
>>>>been
pretty useless since. It may be that freeconference works very
well
>>>>for smaller TCs, but we have an average of
40-50 participants weekly and
>>>>this week our call was
virtually inaudible due to echo on the line. A
>>>>number
of participants dialled out and in again in an attempt to fix
it
>>>>without luck. I use freeconference for smaller
calls and it is pretty
>>>>good, but it seems like it
can't deal with the large numbers we
have.
>>>>
>>>>Our TC has therefore asked
to raise the issue with OASIS once again -
>>>>can OASIS
please provide a teleconference infrastructure or
sponsorship
>>>>which will support this number of
callers?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Paul
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Paul
Fremantle
>>>>VP/Technology, WSO2 and OASIS WS-RX TC
Co-chair
>>>>
>>>>http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Oxygenating
the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com

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Brooks
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