But I'm not speaking of BRI in a bandwidth/internet sense of the word. I want it for voice.
bkw > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Allen > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA? > > i work for a local telco and BRI is avoided due to the amount of > hardware it can take to get to an end user. DSL is simply easier and > cheaper to provide. Not sure why you can't get caller id, i know when > can add that feature to BRI > > - hcir > > On Jul 20, 2004, at 7:36 AM, Scott Stingel wrote: > > > Hi- > > > > Because a majority of my customers are in Europe, I've gotten quite > > used to > > working with ISDN (PRI) and BRI on a regular basis. Recently one of my > > customers asked me if I could terminate a few lines locally here in > > the USA > > (California), so I called up SBC to enquire as to how much it would > > cost to > > install a BRI here. > > > > Although the rates were reasonable (except the installation), I got the > > distinct impression that they really didn't want to install BRI's. > > Their > > comments were "well, BRI is getting quite antiquated", and the like. > > They > > said with the advent of ADSL, there's not much of a market anymore, as > > most > > of past usage was modem related. > > > > I'm a little worried about the pricing going up, and availability > > going down > > in the near future. I don't have the volume yet to justify PRI. > > > > What are other's experience in the US with BRI? Also, they mentioned > > that I > > couldn't get caller ID with the BRI service, which I thought was a > > built-in > > feature. > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users