[asterisk-users] USA BRI -- any hope at all?

[Frank Bulk]

At least for this telco, ISN and BRI was a money-loser.  We've spent more
time trouble-shooting those connections (on behalf of the customers) than we
ever made in monthly or per-minute charges.

 

Frank

 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Wilton Helm
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:34 PM
To: Asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] USA BRI -- any hope at all?

 

>I wonder if BRI would have gotten traction if it offered PRI functionality 

I can't say for sure, and don't even know the differences in functionality,
but you may be right.  When I last ordered DID I couldn't justify PRI so
brought it in as analog.  At that point in time and with that LEC PRI wasn't
cost effective, even if I filled it up.  I could have filled a 24B but it
would have left my entire facility at the mercy of a single circuit, which
isn't very smart.

 

To me the thing that did the most to insure the demise of BRI in the US was
the insane pricing.  Most LECs saw it as a large cash cow and priced it with
large margins (keep in mind it is cheaper for a CO to export two LDNs on a
BRI than on two POTS, but most priced a BRI at about 4x a POTS).  Most LECs
only offered it as measured service with stiff per minute charges even on
local calls.  Many charged stiff rates for connect time in data mode (in
fact some would get around this by treating data as voice).  Their greed
backfired, and of course when DSL offered more bandwidth for considerably
less money, the bottom fell out of the data side.  The only LEC I knew that
didn't go down this path was QWEST.  They priced it flat rate at rates that
were competitive with POTS and I leased them for every site I managed.  They
offered higher quality and more features than POTS.

 

Wilton

 

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