[Freeswitch-users] side question - running FS in the Amazon cloud / other scalability options

[James Green]

I think you need to do some more reading. I've not done a direct
comparison of the bandwidth costs but based on volumes alone I think
it's pretty cheap. The more people using them over time, economies of
scale kick in further too.

You also have to consider quality of bandwidth. If you host with a cheap
provider, you'll need to consider latency and packet loss as the major
factors - you'll not get many customers if the voice quality of your
lines suck. Conversely I don't think Amazon can associate it's name with
cheap providers.

Besides, it's a very cheap mechanism for start-ups to, erm, start up.
Hardly any capital investment needed.


Marek Gorecki wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Maybe I do not understand Amazon cloud, so please explain:
>  it is perfect solution for scaling server side - no doubts,
> but how about traffic there ?
> 
> It is to be paid, so if you let telecomm traffic through, then
> transmission (counted in GBs) will be hell expencive !
> 
> I agree, that for small traffic it may not be the issue, but how about
> running apps with hundreds calls per minute ?
> 
> Am I wrong ?
> 
> Regards,
> /\/\arekg

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