Hey Jim, I think it depends who is provisioning it. I think that if you're buying from AT+T, Sprint (now Rogers) or someone with a 5ESS at the other end, then you'll see NI-2. I haven't done a tonne Bell turnups but I'm pretty sure they were the holdout with NI-1.
This is going back several years but I seem to recall some feature that wasn't available for NI-1, like NFAS or something. I think it burned me on a line-side connection one time. I guess it could have been a manufacturer specific limitation. In short, I think that NI-1 vs NI-2 is somewhat correlated to Nortel vs Lucent. I know that they can both be set either way though because I remember one of our old carriers had a DMS (maybe a 250) and was prepared to do either if we asked for it. I know this doesn't really settle the matter but maybe it makes you feel a little better that you're not alone. Confusion loves company? DD On Jan 16, 2008 11:23 AM, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just got off a repair call with Bell. The tech said they only support NI-2 > out West. In Ontario he swore they have never supported NI-2, but I've been > installing sytems with NI-2 even before working with Asterisk, and this is > the first time I have heard of this in many years. I am pretty sure NI-2 is > now ubiquitous across North America. > > I even asked him to check with his colleauge, and they concurred: Bell does > not support NI-2 outside of Calgary, only NI-1. > > Label me confused. > > Jim > > > -- > Jim Van Meggelen > Core Telecom Innovations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.coretel.ca > 416-425-6111 x6001 > 877-CORETEL x6001 (Canada) > www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
