They are definitely giving you the run-around. Call one of the surviving CLECs. With good negotiation you can get a PRI for <$600/mo. BRIs are harder to get, they require special hardware on the line side of the switch and many shelfs don't support them or the advanced features. (They were sort of force-fitted into an existing analog structure.)
tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brian Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA? Well they fail to realize that ISDN is used for more than data. I just wanna scream at them and say "IT DOES VOICE TO YOU NINNY!".. Rates are far from reasonable. 167/mth here is what I would have to pay for ISDN-BRI. SBC is lame. bkw > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Stingel > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] PRI dead in USA? > > 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. > > Thanks > Scott Stingel > > > > Scott M. Stingel > President, > Emerging Voice Technology, Inc. > Palo Alto California & London England > www.evtmedia.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
