Network capacity forecasting and maintenance

Computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for facilitating a method of ensuring adequate data-processing capacity in a communications network, the method comprising:

• identifying a plurality of communications trunks to evaluate;
• determining whether a first communications trunk has roll-over capacity;
• and
• when the first communications trunk has roll-over capacity, then carrying out a first process for the first communications trunk having roll-over capacity to forecast a need to add processing capacity;
• carrying out a second process for a second communications trunk which does not have roll-over capacity to forecast a need to add processing capacity, wherein the second process includes:
• (1) determining a maximum capacity that the second communications trunk is capable of handling, wherein determining the maximum capacity includes determining a percentage of an actual maximum capacity, and
• (2) projecting a capacity-exhaustion timeline based on the determined maximum capacity;
• projecting a date for each of the first communications trunk and the second communications trunk when current processing capacity will be exhausted based on an accuracy of prior projections;
• and
• providing a notification to an appropriate entity of the projected first process date and the projected second process date.

Computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for facilitating a method of ensuring adequate data-processing capacity in a communications network, the method comprising:

• identifying a communications resource (resource) to evaluate;
• determining a maximum capacity that the resource is capable of handling;
• comparing prior capacity projections with historical performance data;
• based on a result of the comparing, determining an adjustment factor that reflects an inaccuracy of the prior capacity projections;
• projecting a capacity-exhaustion timeline, wherein the timeline includes time estimations that are adjusted by the adjustment factor;
• and
• providing a notification to an appropriate entity of the projected capacity-exhaustion timeline.