malay,
yes, those 7 calls that last one hour would be measured as 7 erlangs.
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now, to go a bit further : you agree that 7 simultaneous calls of 1 hours will never happen !
The erlang B table is actually telling you how “real” subscribers are going to behave, and what is the capacity of your system, relatively to this chaotic world.
Cheers
pix