[Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?

[Carmi Weinzweig]

If one is using BRI primarily for voice, POTS lines while they will 
work are not a great replacement for many reasons:

No reliable disconnect
Slower call setup times
Slower and less reliable number delivery (CallerID vs. ANI)
Lower voice quality

While no one seems to actually support it, it should be possible to 
support DID over BRI, which would make small BRI installations very 
cost effective.

Fractional PRI might be something to consider as well, but it really 
depends on how many lines you need and what SBC's gouge rates are these 
days. I'd also check with the CLECs there.

/carmi

On 20 Jul, 2004, at 12:46, Doug Shubert wrote:

> 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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