[Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card

[James Harper]

Last time I checked with Telstra about 3 months ago, at 7 channels (eg
3.5 BRI services), a 10 channel E1 service (OnRamp10 from Telstra) is
cheaper than BRI in terms of monthly line rental (a fair bit more
expensive to install though). So if you actually need 4 ISDN ports / 8
lines to connect to the PSTN, then you are actually better off price
wise with an E1, assuming you can handle the installation cost. Also,
ISDN isn't available everywhere (rural locations), but I think that if
you want an E1 they pretty much have to do it for you although I don't
know how much of the cost they actually pass on to you.

One of the main uses I'd have for a Multi BRI adapter in Australia
though is for interfacing to legacy equipment, with an E1 facing the
PSTN. 4 ports is still more than I'd need though.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of pdhales at optusnet.com.au
> Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2006 09:45
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card
> 
> 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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> > enough to accomplish a sufficiently broad range of tasks.
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