[Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?

[Chris Shaw]

Never rely on a telco for correct information, they will very often be
wrong... unless you luck out and actually talk to someone who knows
something...

Both PRI and BRI are capable of ANI (Caller ID) by using their D-Channel to
send/receive this information digitally...

A regular T1 (read non-ISDN) can also receive Caller ID if it is done
in-band (I.E. Between the first and second rings like an analog line
does...) This is the old-school way of doing it, but you get the benefit of
not losing that last channel...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Stingel" <scott at evtmedia.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:36 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?


> Hi-
>
> Because a majority of my customers are in Europe, I've gotten quite used
to
> working with ISDN (PRI) and BRI on a regular basis.  Recently one of my
> customers asked me if I could terminate a few lines locally here in the
USA
> (California), so I called up SBC to enquire as to how much it would cost
to
> install a BRI here.
>
> Although the rates were reasonable (except the installation), I got the
> distinct impression that they really didn't want to install BRI's.  Their
> comments were "well, BRI is getting quite antiquated", and the like.  They
> said with the advent of ADSL, there's not much of a market anymore, as
most
> of past usage was modem related.
>
> I'm a little worried about the pricing going up, and availability going
down
> in the near future.  I don't have the volume yet to justify PRI.
>
> What are other's experience in the US with BRI?  Also, they mentioned that
I
> couldn't get caller ID with the BRI service, which I thought was a
built-in
> feature.
>
> Thanks
> Scott Stingel
>
>
>
> Scott M. Stingel
> President,
> Emerging Voice Technology, Inc.
> Palo Alto California & London England
> www.evtmedia.com
>
>
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