Conferencing 2 Meet-Me conference calls

[giar]

I know the limit of Meet-Me participants on a Meet-Me conference call is 6. But is there a way to conference another group of 6 on the same Meet-Me conference call?

 

[extreme4x4mt]

I've been trying to do the same thing. Every now and then we will have a conference with more than six people and we have to use the 3rd party vendor. Does anyone know of anything that can be done?

Thanks

 

[lopes1211]

Vendors make specific "conference bridge" equipment for this application with special equalization and echo cancelation hardware/software. Avaya isn't just trying to be difficult by setting the limit at 6. It's set at six because the G3 isn't capable of bridging greater than 6 with the quality we've all grown accustomed to. Most bridges would interface behind your PBX via T-1 connections so local and remote users can use it in the most cost effestive manner. They range from about $15K to $100K depending on number of ports and features. We used a 48 port Consortium for about $40K with good results.

-CL

 

[kristiandg]

Technically, if you created some sort of "loopback" (such as a T-1 that goes back into the system), you could make one of your 6 parties a trunk that loops back into a second conference bridge. That would allow you to bridge two together.

Hope this helps...

Kris

 

[Mascotte]

Try this; meet me conference for 21 users. Need to have 4 meet me conference numbers.

You can conference those 4 numbers on your extension but you will need to dial the numbers via an outside line back to the definity.

Now 4 meet me conference numbers are connected together and 20 users can dial those 4 numbers. Of course you'll need to split the group ( 5 users per number )so that not everyone will use the same number.

Tried already for 26 users and works fine over here!

 

[IPOfficeGuru]

Another solution is to add a conference bridge in the form of an already existing Avaya product called the IP Office. You can connect the IP Office to the Definity with T1/PRI. The IP Office will support up to 64 people in a conference call and you can enter the conference via DID with a PIN number for verification. You can have up to two 64 party conference calls simultaneously. All bridging the capability is built right into either the IP406 base system or the IP412 base system. In January, the IP Office will be specially labeled for this exact application of a conference bridge behind the Definity.