(Fwd) Re: [Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices

Sat Oct 8 06:01:43 MST 2005

Hello Brent,

Why don't you look into getting a T1 or a fibre connection to your office, and then 
transport pri over ip to your pbx or generate your on pri if u need a tdm connection ?

Rehan

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Brent Franks wrote:
> 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
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Sometimes I wish I lived in the states.  All the pricing in Canada is 
regulated.  I priced the ILEC (Aliant) $1700/mo for a full PRI and $1500 
to install.  $3.10/DID with a min of 30, then sold in 10 packs.  Also, 
they are not allowed to sell data and voice over the same line so no 
chance to buy a single T1, run a few voice lines and bond the rest 
together and run HDLC.

There really isn't any competition on the east coast, maybe if I lived 
in Ontario...

Brad
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