Brian- Wow - that is high! I got quoted only $35/month for BRI (and a hefty installation) - not too bad. But the comment about "no CLI" scared me off.
Regards Scott Scott M. Stingel Emerging Voice Technology Inc. Palo Alto, California and London, England URL: www.evtmedia.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brian Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:46 AM 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