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<DIV><SPAN class=487161920-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
should be able to get a pri from someone else or a reseller who can do it
cheaper. Last one was directly from SBC... 895.00 for two pri's incoming
at my current location. incoming caller id should be part of the
deal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=487161920-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>DID's
are basically your rights to a group of public numbers. I have a block of
400 DID numbers that come in over those two pri's. Those do cost
additional money but I can't recall how much. It wasn't cheap to get them
in the first place.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=487161920-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Your
long distance (interstate I take it) rate is much too high. We're at less
than 4.5 cents interstate with Qwest.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=487161920-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's
all a big mess. Call someone big and get a rate, then take it back to your
local ilec and see if they'll help ya out otherwise go somewhere
else.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=487161920-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Matt</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Brent Franks
[mailto:brentasterisk@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 04, 2005
3:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B> asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Asterisk-biz] PRI Prices<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hello,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Here is what was sent to me:<BR><BR>2 Year
Contract<BR><BR>Recurring Charges (Monthly)<BR>Base PRI Price:
$493.73/mo<BR>CallerID (Name+Num) for 23 Channels: $140.00/mo<BR>20 DID's:
$20.25/mo with $725.00 setup fee<BR><BR>Local Calling, .096 cents on each call
(no per minute)<BR>Long Distance, 5.3 cents per minute (billed in 60 second
increments)<BR><BR>Total Monthly: 653.98<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>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).<BR><BR>Telco pricing is very confusing, and seems like
its not very small/medium size business friendly.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance to
any pointers anyone can provide!<BR><BR>-
brent<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>