[Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?

[Doug Shubert]

Hi Scott,
Local ISDN BRI service is definitely on it's way out.
We recently have canceled several ISDN BRI accounts
and replaced them with ADSL lines. More bandwidth and
less cost. If  you intend on using the lines for voice only, then
FXO is the better option. If you looking to use voice&data the
I would suggest 1 FXO line with ADSL over it. We believe the Digium
cards with Asterisk in a small Linux box will provide a best combination
of flexibility and services.

Doug,
Voippages.com


Scott Stingel wrote:

>Hi-
>
>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.
>
>Although the rates were reasonable (except the installation), I got the
>distinct impression that they really didn't want to install BRI's.  Their
>comments were "well, BRI is getting quite antiquated", and the like.  They
>said with the advent of ADSL, there's not much of a market anymore, as most
>of past usage was modem related.
>
>I'm a little worried about the pricing going up, and availability going down
>in the near future.  I don't have the volume yet to justify PRI.
>
>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.
>
>Thanks
>Scott Stingel 
>
> 
> 
>Scott M. Stingel
>President,
>Emerging Voice Technology, Inc.
>Palo Alto California & London England
>www.evtmedia.com 
>
>
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