asterisk users - Mar 2007 - How many outgoing phone line/voip account do I need?

Hi list,
I have an application which has to automatically dial and send out a voice 
message to 50 different phone numbers at the same time. Does it mean that I 
need to sign up 50 phone lines or voip accounts in order to achieve this 
purpose? Is there a provider(voip prefer) who offer a special account which 
is able to handle multiple calls simultaneously?
Thanks in advance.

Kurt

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On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 09:07 +0000, Kurt Kuo wrote:
> Hi list,
> I have an application which has to automatically dial and send out a voice 
> message to 50 different phone numbers at the same time. Does it mean that I
> need to sign up 50 phone lines or voip accounts in order to achieve this 
> purpose? Is there a provider(voip prefer) who offer a special account which
> is able to handle multiple calls simultaneously?
> Thanks in advance.
I love it, a question like this from a _hotmail_ address.

Of course he could have a legit reason, but that email address.


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That sounds like not quite right maths...

More importantly, how many calls per day and how long per call.

Then you can figure out the other bits.

PaulH

On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 09:07 +0000, Kurt Kuo wrote:
> Hi list,
> I have an application which has to automatically dial and send out a voice 
> message to 50 different phone numbers at the same time. Does it mean that I
> need to sign up 50 phone lines or voip accounts in order to achieve this 
> purpose? Is there a provider(voip prefer) who offer a special account which
> is able to handle multiple calls simultaneously?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kurt
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On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 20:52 +1100, Paul Hales wrote:

But top posted
> That sounds like not quite right maths...
What maths was involved? He wants to make 50 simultaneous calls.
 
> 
> More importantly, how many calls per day and how long per call.
> Then you can figure out the other bits.
He wants to make 50 simultaneous calls. What difference does the length
and frequency make. 


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Kurt Kuo wrote:
> Hi list,
> I have an application which has to automatically dial and send out a 
> voice message to 50 different phone numbers at the same time. Does it 
> mean that I need to sign up 50 phone lines or voip accounts in order to 
> achieve this purpose? Is there a provider(voip prefer) who offer a 
> special account which is able to handle multiple calls simultaneously?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
Hi,

Just curious.  When you say "at the same time", do you mean they MUST 
all be made at the same time or do you mean make all 50 calls in a 
relatively short interval?  That would make a big difference, I think.

I ask because you say that you want to "send out a voice message" and
it
sounds like you just want to broadcast a message to 50 persons, not 
necessarily dialing all 50 at the same time.

If you do not need to make all 50 calls at the same time, you can break 
them up into 5,10,20 call attempts at a time until all recipients have 
been reached or they have been tried the maximum number of times...

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Warm Regards,

Lee