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Call capacity and channel limits explained

How call-rate and concurrent-channel limits differ, and why per-account limits keep every customer's traffic flowing.

Two different limits

A call-rate limit controls how fast new call attempts can be launched. Concurrent channels limit how many calls can be up at the same time. Different customers stress them differently: an office PBX needs steady channels, an inbound operation needs headroom for peaks, and a predictive dialer launches bursts of attempts when a campaign list is fresh.

What happens without caps

On a shared platform without per-customer limits, one customer's peak can consume capacity that belongs to everyone else. Per-account limits give each customer a guaranteed share, so an office PBX, an inbound queue and a dialer campaign can all run on the same network without affecting each other.

Enforcement at the SBC

The right place to enforce limits is the session border controller, before traffic reaches the carrier. Per-account call-rate and simultaneous-channel limits mean each customer's burst is contained, and everyone else's traffic is unaffected.

How Callivex sizes it

Accounts get dedicated call-rate and simultaneous-channel capacity sized to their traffic, burstable on request. Limits are sized to your forecast and raised as you grow, and the acceptable-use policy is written with real traffic peaks in mind, so a busy day is expected and supported.

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