There was a thread in the discussion list that veered on the topic of getting good PRI pricing and good service from carriers. I know I've talked to at least one individual at the meetings who's company has CLEC status and I'm sure there are a couple more. There are probably wholesalers who have good pricing too. We hear about the VOIP providers on a pretty regular basis, but a lot of us want to hook our Asterisk boxes up to the PSTN using traditional TDM circuits.
My thought is that the little guys are usually a bit more motivated to compete on price (because of lower overhead than Bell etc) and are better at servicing their customers. So, this is an invitation to all you TAUG members who are selling/reselling traditional tariffed local services like T1, T1/PRI, Analog Lines (1FL), DSL, dry loop etc. Make yourself known to us. Maybe give us a little blurb about your company and an example of some typical pricing if you like. I figure most of us would rather give the business to a TAUG member who knows what Asterisk is, maybe comes to the meetings, and probably knows a lot more about the space and the technology than most of the people at 310-Bell. Note: This is a public service announcement, don't bother emailing me off-list, I'm not currently in the market for services. I look forward to seeing your posts. Dave Donovan