[Asterisk-Users] OT: "Integrated Access T1" voice problems - is this possible?

[Rich Adamson]

> 	I am currently pricing out various T1 and PRI options for a client of 
> mine.  We need voice and data - we want T's.  Whether it be two seperate 
> T's, two superate fractional T's, or one combined fractional T, we need 
> it done.
> 
> 	We are getting pricing and one provider is telling us that they have 
> quality issues with the "Integrated Access" product.  From what they say 
> it sounds like you can have audio dropouts on the voice channels when 
> the data channels are being pushed to the max.  I have never heard of 
> this.  It doesn't seem possible to me, and if at all, probably more of a 
> limitation in the CSU/DSU than in the actual T.  Isn't that what TDM is 
> all about - giving each channel it's afforded bandwidth?
> 
> 	What do all the telco people out there think?

That all depends on their definition of "integrated access". You might be
thinking in terms of dedicating a certain number of channels to data and
a certain number to voice, and the sales person might be thinking in terms
of combined data & voice across all available channels.

Sounds like a human communictions problem.