[asterisk-users] Ordering BRI From AT&T

[Trevor G. Hammonds]

Bill,

I am not aware of any commercial Asterisk-compatible cards that support
North American BRIs right out of the box.  The best I have been able to come
up with was a card sold on eBay, where the seller promises to supply a patch
that needs to be applied to Asterisk (based on BRIstuff) so that it will
support North American BRIs.  The driver allows only one SPID per BRI, so
multiple DID/MSNs are not supported.  

Fortunately, PRIs are relatively cheap in California.  As such, I have not
yet made a concerted effort to find a card that does all that I need over
BRI -- though I am really interested in having this capability.  I wish the
Digium BRI card had the drivers for North American ISDN.  Such a shame that
they went to the effort of getting FCC approval, but didn't bother to do the
work to actually make it work in the US.  

As for ordering BRIs from AT&T:  In California, there is an ISDN group that
handles PRI/BRI orders.  They are available at 1-800-4PB-ISDN.  I believe
the correct number for Michigan is 1-800-552-8647.  If that is incorrect, or
they do not know about BRIs, call the California number and ask if they have
the corresponding number for Michigan.  

Hope this was of some assistance.

		Sincerely,
		Trevor Hammonds

-----Original Message-----
From: sales at failsafevoip.com
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:27 AM

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help me with this.  I have a business customer in
the U.S. (Michigan, AT&T Territory).

I need to get 4 trunks into an asterisk Box.  My intention is to use an
Eicon Diva Server card with 2 BRI Circuits.  The reason for this is that
the business needs DID's on the trunks (20 of them).  A full or fractional
PRI is overboard for them, as they will never need more than four
channels.  I also don't really want to go with any kind of analog trunk
for other reasons (Disconnect supervision, potential echo problems, etc..)

I've called AT&T About a dozen times now, and no-one can tell me who to
call in order to get a BRI.

Is anyone familiar with how to order a BRI from AT&T (Or a CLEC that
covers Michigan)?  I need 2 BRI Circuits (4 B Channels) with 20 DIDs
accross the 4 circuits.  Also, can anyone confirm that an Eicon Diva
Server BRI Card will in fact support North American BRI?

Are there any less expensive cards that will handle North American BRI?

Any help highly appreciated
Bill