I don't know about what our LEC is calling a "digital trunk" but verizon tried to offer me something like this for a location that they couldn't offer a PRI, basically it was a just a voice T1 (24 channels), didn't have features like Caller ID, setting outbound caller ID, ANI, etc. YMMV.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/25/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Barry D. Hassler</b> <<a href="mailto:Barry.Hassler@hcst.com">Barry.Hassler@hcst.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi, can someone enlighten me as to the difference between a PRI and a<br>"Digital Trunk" (other than cost)?
<br><br>I do understand PRI (B-channel signaling, incoming/outgoing call setup,<br>D channel for voice/data, etc), but I'm not quite sure how that compares<br>with what my vendor is calling a "Digital Trunk" (specifically in
<br>contrast to a PRI). The PRI is about twice the cost.<br><br>If this is just a channelized T1 (24 64k voice/data "channels'), would<br>they each be assigned a specific phone number, or is there further<br>flexibility in sending/receiving calls, callerid (receive or send), etc?
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