[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

[Mark Coccimiglio]

My needs are simple and clear.  I have an office with 2 employees, a 
sublet (independent business) and myself.  I work p/t from the office 
and p/t from home (telecommute).  My wife works p/t from home 
(telecommute exclusively).  My other employee telecommutes from 350miles 
(we fly her in every 3-4 months as the needs fit).  My sublet works full 
time from the office.  We have an assortment of POTS,VoIP,cellular,fax 
mixed in popouri of technology.  I want to unify my TC.  
POTS<-->FaxServer  and BRI<-->Asterisk<-->VoIP Phones.  I want to have 
the TC Unity of an office without the need to have everyone in the 
office at the same time.  (Am I a dreamer?).  BRI w/DiD through Asterisk 
would do that nicely. So would BroadVoice (Vonage has no DiD's where I 
live).  I'm not affraid to spend a little to get a  system that will do 
whatever I want.  I currently use POTS <-->SPA-3000 <--> SPA-841.  Works 
well, but really only supports 1 user, depends on ILEC for V-mail and 
has no room for growth.  A BRI would support 5-6 people without 
stretching the technology.  A PRI is just TOO much, unless I could get 
it cheap and wholesale the extra DiDs.  Am I heading the right way?  
Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Coccimiglio
n3whx at amsat.org <mailto:n3whx at amsat.org>
sip:293625 at fwd.pulver.com <mailto:sip:293625 at fwd.pulver.com>


Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote:

> Mark,
>  
> I was in the same situation.  Our current system uses BRI for almost 
> all lines.  I looked for some kind of solution and finally gave up.  
> The BRI products here just seemed way too expensive for me.  I then 
> started checking on a PRI and ended up getting an integrated PRI with 
> 7 channels for voice and the rest as a fractional T1 for data.  It 
> hasn't been installed yet, but once it goes live, we'll end up saving 
> about $1000 a month from what we were paying with BRI and POTS.  Most 
> of this savings comes from needing multiple phone numbers, but not 
> that many lines.  We had 10 BRI circuits (equates to 20 voice lines).  
> We're also getting rid of our DSL since this includes data.
>  
> It kind of depends on what you have, and what you need (as far as 
> voice and data), whether this will work for you.
>
>  
> On 4/10/06, Mark Coccimiglio <n3whx at amsat.org 
> <mailto:n3whx at amsat.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hey all,
>        It such a shame that BRI technology is such a flop in the
>     USA.  For a
>     small office such as mine it would be a great product.  So her
>     goes my
>     question....  What is a known asterisk working BRI card that will
>     operate in the USA.  I need to weigh price/quality.  I need to do
>     DID/DDI (or what ever you want to call it).  Asterisk will do
>     everything
>     else I need.  The ILEC has at the other end a DMS-100.  I have been
>     having all kinds of problems using POTS lines that I will consider
>     it an
>     investment to move to a more digital connection.   I am considering
>     going the VoIP route (Vonage, Broadvoice, etc...) but before I commit
>     either way I'm exploring all my options.
>
>     Your opnion matter here to please let me know.
>
>
>     Mark Coccimiglio
>     n3whx at amsat.org <mailto:n3whx at amsat.org>
>     sip:293625 at fwd.pulver.com <mailto:sip:293625 at fwd.pulver.com>
>
>
>
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