On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 14:15, Scott Stingel wrote: > 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.
In Nashville, it is $90/month for a BRI without per minute charges for business. I remember paying $35/month for residential about 10 years or so ago. > -----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 -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ 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