[Asterisk-Users] BRI dead in USA?

[Billy Huddleston]

TN is one of the BEST states for BRI's..  Bellsouth messed up and had to
make some concessions to the PUC a long time ago..  You can get BRI
anywhere, and it's a flat fee..  typically $80-$90 per month Biz rate,
$35-45 Residential..

Thanks, Billy


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] BRI dead in USA?


> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 14:15, Scott Stingel wrote:
> > Brian-
> >
> > Wow - that is high!
> > I got quoted only $35/month for BRI (and a hefty installation) - not too
> > bad.  But the comment about "no CLI" scared me off.
>
> In Nashville, it is $90/month for a BRI without per minute charges for
> business. I remember paying $35/month for residential about 10 years or
> so ago.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of brian
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:46 AM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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