[Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card

[Craig Guy]

By the last sentence I mean that only the person or company holding the 
A-tick can put the sticker on the cards. Paralell importation refers to 
'grey' imports that don't come through the vendors sanctioned distribution 
channels.  For example I know that the fritz! has passed approval because 
this guy has gone through the approval process.  The Australian distributor 
sells them for $400, I can get them off eBay in Europe for $20 per card - 
the exact same card.  $400 is just pure extortion and is going a hell of a 
long way to prevent the adoption of Asterisk in this country where BRI is 
the norm and PRI is outrageously expensive.

If I had a spare $20k or so then I'd approve the card myself and sell them 
at a more realistic price.

Craig

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Furey" <andrew.furey at gmail.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
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Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card


On 5/18/06, Craig Guy <cguy at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Any device to legally connect to the PSTN in Australia must be approved by
> the regulatory body.  A process that usually costs at least $20,000 and 
> only
> allows the permit holder to sell the product for conneciton to the pstn. 
> It
> is a very high barrier to entry for the Australian market.  There is a guy
> in Victoria who certified the Fritz! card and charges $400 each for them.
> Paralell imports are not allowed to be connected.

Ah, so that's why they're so expensive :(

Sorry, what do you mean by that last sentence?

Andrew

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