[asterisk-users] Re: New T1 Asterisk installation

[Steve Totaro]

Alex Balashov wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Stephen Bosch said something to this effect:
>
>> There are some parts of the world where you can't get partial PRI
>> anymore, and there's an ugly unserved gap in between analog lines and a
>> full PRI :(
>
>   Even where you can get a fractional PRI, there's not really a lot of 
> incentive for the LEC to substantially discount the circuit because the
> underlying physical layer, loop, etc. is still running at a T1 rate.  
> The fact that you can turn off some of the channels doesn't inherently 
> decrease their costs unless there's a huge correlate in decreased usage.
>
>> $650 minimum for a full PRI around here. You need 17 lines before 
>> that makes financial sense.
>
>   Who quoted you this?  Where are you?  This sounds like the extortion 
> that BellSouth pulls down here.  Do not order PRIs from the ILEC.  
> They blow.
> If you contact me off-list I might be able to help you find some cheaper
> options.  It is generally reasonable to expect to find a PRI for about 
> half
> that price.  The best way is to get someone who buys a lot of 
> transport from a carrier to resell it to you because their costs on it 
> are many times
> lower due to the fact that they buy in large volumes.  For example, many
> dialup wholesalers with their own facilities order entire DS3s worth 
> of the
> stuff, in which case they may be able to cut you a much better deal.
>
> -- Alex
>
> -- 
> Alex Balashov <sasha at presidium.org>
>
Check into "Flex T1s" or whatever the provider calls it.  It dynamically 
changes channels from data to TDM as needed, you can always use more 
bandwidth (at least I can).

Thanks,
Steve