[Asterisk-Users] BRI dead in USA?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Scott Stingel wrote:

> Because a majority of my customers are in Europe, I've gotten quite used to
> working with ISDN (PRI) and BRI on a regular basis.  Recently one of my
> customers asked me if I could terminate a few lines locally here in the USA
> (California), so I called up SBC to enquire as to how much it would cost to
> install a BRI here.

So why is the subject of your message "PRI dead in USA"? <G>

> What are other's experience in the US with BRI?  Also, they mentioned that I
> couldn't get caller ID with the BRI service, which I thought was a built-in
> feature.

I have a client who had 8 BRI lines (just recently turned off) used as 
trunk service for a Nortel MICS system. They worked fine, delivered 
calling number _and_ name (in QWest territory), service was excellent 
and voice quality was too (duh, it's digital :-)).

I suspect that BRI is going to go away in the next couple of years, 
since it has never really taken off and now there are other alternatives 
for high-speed data-only usage.