[Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card

[pdhales at optusnet.com.au]

I thought the price of E1 in Australia was quite reasonable, at least
compared to analog.

Paul Hales
Technical Manager
AsteriskIT
www.asteriskit.com.au

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Guy" <cguy at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card


> By the last sentence I mean that only the person or company holding the
> A-tick can put the sticker on the cards. Paralell importation refers to
> 'grey' imports that don't come through the vendors sanctioned distribution
> channels.  For example I know that the fritz! has passed approval because
> this guy has gone through the approval process.  The Australian
distributor
> sells them for $400, I can get them off eBay in Europe for $20 per card -
> the exact same card.  $400 is just pure extortion and is going a hell of a
> long way to prevent the adoption of Asterisk in this country where BRI is
> the norm and PRI is outrageously expensive.
>
> If I had a spare $20k or so then I'd approve the card myself and sell them
> at a more realistic price.
>
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Furey" <andrew.furey at gmail.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card
>
>
> On 5/18/06, Craig Guy <cguy at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > Any device to legally connect to the PSTN in Australia must be approved
by
> > the regulatory body.  A process that usually costs at least $20,000 and
> > only
> > allows the permit holder to sell the product for conneciton to the pstn.
> > It
> > is a very high barrier to entry for the Australian market.  There is a
guy
> > in Victoria who certified the Fritz! card and charges $400 each for
them.
> > Paralell imports are not allowed to be connected.
>
> Ah, so that's why they're so expensive :(
>
> Sorry, what do you mean by that last sentence?
>
> Andrew
>
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