I swear, sometimes being Canadian sucks. When it comes to technology and infrastructure, we always seem to need to be proudly and unapologetically 5 years behind the rest of the Western world.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: John Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 16, 2008 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Bell only supports NI-1 / DMS100? > > NI-2 is far from ubiquitous. In Manitoba MTS uses only NI-1. > > Outside of Manitoba MTS uses NI-2. This is because Allstream > used NI-2 so when MTS bought Allstream they inherited NI-2 > equipment. However, as part of the deal the CRTC required MTS > to effectively shutdown Allstream in Manitoba and migrate > everyone to the MTS platform. > > So for example we were an Allstream customer running on NI-2 > and were forced to downgrade to NI-1 and lost functionality > because of it. > > Much the same thing applies to Bell. Likely in any ILEC areas > of Bell they are still NI-1, but any customers attached to > equipment of companies (such as Global Telecom) that Bell > bought is probably NI-2. > > This certainly applies to what used to be called "Bell West" > which is everything Manitoba west. And I'd bet that out east, > the old Aliant stuff is NI-1. > > John > > On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 11:23 -0500, Jim Van Meggelen 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
