[asterisk-users] North American voice BRI - Informal survey

[Jon Pounder]

Quoting Darren Wright <dwright at d2-tech.com>:

> I wonder if this is issue is largely limited to to Canada.  (thus
> limiting the market)  In the states I think you can get PRI for around
> $250.  Am I right?  In Canada, you have to have about 9 or 10 lines to
> justify a PRI.  At $250, the cost and added features could justify PRI
> at around 4 lines.  Mind you, that still leaves a whole tonne of systems
> at the 4 lines and under mark.
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how do you come up with that ? (what are you assuming for line and pri  
costs ?)

when we had a bunch of lines (10+) through an at&t reseller in toronto  
we were paying $35 each with all the features and I have never seen  
any sort of t1 less than about $700 in Ontario, so that works out to  
about 20 lines for breakeven - at that point what are you really  
gaining except making it easier on the telco to deliver, yet you have  
all your eggs in one basket and if there is a hardware or physical  
plant issue you are completely down.




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> No way.....message rates lines hover at $350, and flat rate's run
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Jon Pounder

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