[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

[Mark Coccimiglio]

I'm seeing Diva Server V-BRI running close to $1K/card.  There are other 
Diva cards running around $700.  A little pricy but not impossible to 
do.  I remember back in the 90's I had ISDN into my home for internet 
access.  The netgear router I used cost me about $350 back then, and it 
worked great.  I still have it as a matter of fact.  However internet 
access is not what I need.  I'm still waiting for the ILEC 
(HawaiianTelcom) to get back to me to find out if it is even possible to 
do BRI into my office.  The nearest ISDN capable CO is located a bit of 
a distance from my office (actually its closer to my home).  The local 
CO dosen't have BRI capablities.  From what I'm hearing when you bundle 
together all the costs BRI & PRI are gonna be  close in price (from a 
H/W point of view.)  Maybe I should just look into going the PRI route 
and try to find some people willing to buy on my extra DiD's?  Any one 
what a phone number in Hawaii? :)  Its such a shame I can't leave well 
enough alone and suck it up on POTS (eck).  I'll keep you informed as to 
my progress (or lack there of).

Mark Coccimiglio
n3whx @amsat.org
sip:293625 at fwd.pulver.com

Walt Reed wrote:

>I'm in a similar situation. Being on the end of a long loop, POTS sucks
>- echo / static / crappy calling features.
>
>Paying around $2K-3K for BRI solution is a non-starter though. It needs
>to get down to the $200-400 / port level (more ports = cheaper per
>port) to be viable. Soho / Very small business (under 12 people) is
>definately a 1-2 port market which my guess would be the bulk of sales
>for BRI.
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>It would be awesome to see a Sangoma BRI card. It's hard to say what the
>market would be since the US telco companies have really tried to kill
>BRI service.
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>Considering what a full PRI costs, there is also a point where too
>many BRI ports no longer makes sense, but that number is probably >4-6
>BRI's. I was in a situation where I really only wanted 4 BRI's, but had
>to look at a PRI instead which ended up wasting a lot of money in the
>long run. POTS was a non-option.
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