[Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices

[james.texter at cox.net]

The company I work for has a sister company that can set you up with PRI.  They provide EXCELLENT billing, and extremely competitive rates.  The information is:

 

John Heinen
USA Digital Communications
888.872.3787 – main
800.746.1018 – direct
Email: john.heinen at usad.com
Web: www.usad.com

Thanks,


James Texter

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of jay kordic
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:36 PM
To: 'Brent Franks'; 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices

 

Brent,

First of all,the long distance per minute rate you are being offered is a joke.You should be able to get per minute rates below .03 for interstate and if you are fortunate enough to have a CLEC available to you that will give you a bundled minute price,you can get that same rate for intrastate as well.

Also,for a 2  year contract,most CLECS will waive your install fee.Caller ID comes with a PRI.The call set up/take down times for outbound and inbound calls are a lot faster versus a digital T-1.Your main inbound number could be supplemented by a DID block of numbers.Your phone system tech would point those DID’s to the desired extensions.

I like your idea of using those analog lines as your primary outbound.I recommend the same thing for my customers.I use a company called Bullseye Telecom.

If you provide me with your area code and first 3 digits of your phone number,I can tell you who can provide you with PRI service in your area.

I run a communications agency and represent over 25 companies nationwide(SBC,Bellsouth,Verizon,Qwest,XO,Paetec,Mpower,Telepacific and more0.I can either provide you with a cost effective alternative or validate what information Verizon has given you.

 

Jay Kordic

The Horizon Group

Wholesale/Retail Voice,Data and IP services

WWW.Thehorizongroup.Biz

951-780-3131

951-850-0887 (cell)

516-687-5047( fax)

MSN IM – Jaykordic at hotmail.com

Please ask me about Caller ID compensation


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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brent Franks
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:44 PM
To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices

 

Hello,

I recently begun researching PRI prices to expand the capacity into our PBX (located in Northern Virginia).  I received a quote from our ILEC, that seems a bit outrageous to me.

Here is what was sent to me:

2 Year Contract

Recurring Charges (Monthly)
Base PRI Price: $493.73/mo
CallerID (Name+Num) for 23 Channels: $140.00/mo
20 DID's: $20.25/mo with $725.00 setup fee

Local Calling, .096 cents on each call (no per minute)
Long Distance, 5.3 cents per minute (billed in 60 second increments)

Total Monthly: 653.98

First issue, is the fact that CallerID is extra.  I thought this was one of the reasons to go with a PRI, was it was included.  I've never heard of PRI's w/o CID.

Second, the first quote she sent did not have the DID's.  I told her that we needed to use this for incoming calls.  Are DID's different then incoming numbers?  I didn't think so, but she acted like it was.

Does this price seem on the high side?  Northern VA seems to be a realtively high competition area, hwoever I have found that a PRI can only be ordered from the ILEC?

Our desired setup was to have a PRI (For Inbound, with 3 or 4 numbers) and maintain 4 or 5 analog lines for outgoing (with unlimited LD).

Telco pricing is very confusing, and seems like its not very small/medium size business friendly.

Thanks in advance to any pointers anyone can provide!

- brent