[asterisk-biz] What do you pay for PRI in the US?

[Steve Totaro]

asterisk_help at iwishi.nu wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Steve Totaro wrote:
>> So how oversold are your circuits? Is a client "guaranteed" 24 
>> channels at any given time?
>>
>> In other words, do you actually have a T1 (or equivalent) for each 
>> subscriber of your "virtual PRI" product?
>
> That's nuts anyhow. I'm certain the telco doesn't have a trunk for 
> each subscriber in a Central Office. I'd be worrried about the 
> business if they answered yes!
>
> If you get busy signals and they don't resolve the problem, then you 
> look else where. (Just like all their other customers will be doing.)
>
> I'd be more concerned about if I could take their numbers if they suck.

True enough.  There is a trunk for each subscriber but the 
ingress/egress certainly could not handle all of those trunks 
simultaneously.  I would still want to know a ratio going into it, 
otherwise, I would just take my chances with a real PRI for slightly 
more money.

Thanks,
Steve