[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

[Alexander Lopez]

I was reading that Junghanns was palnning on supporting National (Q.931)
if they do, all you should need is a NT1 to turn the U insterface in an
S/T.

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Walt Reed
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:39 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA
> 
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:10:09AM -1000, Mark Coccimiglio said:
> > I guess what I need to find out first if there is anyone out there 
> > using Asterisk & BRI in the USA?  If so what hardware have 
> they been 
> > able to use.  I no longer want to hack around with analog 
> circuits.  
> > BRI has the potential of PRI with only 2 B channels.  A 
> great idea for 
> > a small office such as my own.  VoIP may be an option, but I would 
> > need a ITSP that would allow calls to transfer from my 
> asterisk box to 
> > the remote phone set.  My link to the internet is fast, but its 
> > pointless to route a call into the office just to stream it 
> back out.  
> > More work more work more work.....
> 
> I'm in a similar situation. Being on the end of a long loop, 
> POTS sucks
> - echo / static / crappy calling features.
> 
> Paying around $2K-3K for BRI solution is a non-starter 
> though. It needs to get down to the $200-400 / port level 
> (more ports = cheaper per
> port) to be viable. Soho / Very small business (under 12 
> people) is definately a 1-2 port market which my guess would 
> be the bulk of sales for BRI.
> 
> It would be awesome to see a Sangoma BRI card. It's hard to 
> say what the market would be since the US telco companies 
> have really tried to kill BRI service.
> 
> Considering what a full PRI costs, there is also a point 
> where too many BRI ports no longer makes sense, but that 
> number is probably >4-6 BRI's. I was in a situation where I 
> really only wanted 4 BRI's, but had to look at a PRI instead 
> which ended up wasting a lot of money in the long run. POTS 
> was a non-option.
> 
> 
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