[Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brent Franks 
  To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:43 PM
  Subject: [Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices


  Hello,

  I recently begun researching PRI prices to expand the capacity into our PBX (located in Northern Virginia).  I received a quote from our ILEC, that seems a bit outrageous to me.

  Here is what was sent to me:

  2 Year Contract

  Recurring Charges (Monthly)
  Base PRI Price: $493.73/mo
  CallerID (Name+Num) for 23 Channels: $140.00/mo
  20 DID's: $20.25/mo with $725.00 setup fee

  Local Calling, .096 cents on each call (no per minute)
  Long Distance, 5.3 cents per minute (billed in 60 second increments)

  Total Monthly: 653.98

  First issue, is the fact that CallerID is extra.  I thought this was one of the reasons to go with a PRI, was it was included.  I've never heard of PRI's w/o CID.

  Second, the first quote she sent did not have the DID's.  I told her that we needed to use this for incoming calls.  Are DID's different then incoming numbers?  I didn't think so, but she acted like it was.

  Does this price seem on the high side?  Northern VA seems to be a realtively high competition area, hwoever I have found that a PRI can only be ordered from the ILEC?

  Our desired setup was to have a PRI (For Inbound, with 3 or 4 numbers) and maintain 4 or 5 analog lines for outgoing (with unlimited LD).

  Telco pricing is very confusing, and seems like its not very small/medium size business friendly.

  Thanks in advance to any pointers anyone can provide!

  - brent




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