[Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?

[Tom]

At 11:46 AM 7/20/2004, you wrote:
>Well they fail to realize that ISDN is used for more than data.  I just
>wanna scream at them and say "IT DOES VOICE TO YOU NINNY!".. Rates are far
>from reasonable.  167/mth here is what I would have to pay for ISDN-BRI.
>
>SBC is lame.

I don't know where you are but we are in zone C in IL and pay about $50 a 
month for a BRI plus usage or $90 a month for unlimited usage from 
SBC.  They are cheaper from area CLECs.

Since DSL came out and we went to wireless, we have dropped from over 100 
BRIs to just 3.  They have been replaced with wireless links or DSL.  The 
final 3 are waiting for new wireless POPs.

PRIs usage has not dropped though.

BRIs were never understood and embraced by the US telcos and I am sure they 
are on their way out.

Tom

>bkw
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Scott Stingel
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:37 AM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > 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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