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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Brent
Franks<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-biz] PRI
Prices<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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><SPAN class=767130420-04102005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=767130420-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>You're right, this is high, but not outrageously so, depending on
your location (urban versus rural). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=767130420-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>$1 per DID number is ridiculous. We're paying $0.15 per DID number, and
that's high.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=767130420-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Charging extra for caller ID is unusual. They must think that they can
get away with it. Tell them they can't. "Caller ID is included or no
deal."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=767130420-04102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Generally speaking an analog line is more costly than a PRI channel.
Unless your anticipate your busy-hour utilization will necessitate 4 additional
lines (beyond the 23 provided by the PRI) why not do put all your traffic on the
PRI?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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