FYI,the days of requiring 36 month contacts are over (unless you are a poor shopper of service).I have multiple providers using the underlying networks of Global Crossing,Qwest,Broadwing,Verizon/MCI that can provide rates ranging from .0099-.0118 per minute with no usage commitment.The T-1 loop fee will most likely range from $ 120-$ 400 per circuit.The closer you are to one of the above mentioned carriers POPS/switches,the lower the cost.
Jay Kordic The Horizon Group Wholesale/Retail VOIP and TDM services 951-780-3131 (office) 951-850-0887 (mobile) 515-322-0273 (fax) MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Hayden Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:04 AM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] PSTN vs Provider Well, cost is going to be a major issue. I've found pricing for T1/PRI voice circuits to be much more costlier than than VoIP, not to mention the hardware costs. However, you'll find, on average that the reliability of a T1/PRI to be much greater than VoIP. In my experience, if you're not doing a large volume and/or need 99.999% reliability, stick with the VoIP. It's much cheaper, you generally don't get locked into 3 year contracts and the quality and reliability isn't terrible in most cases. You can always get a POTS line if you want to do faxes. Cheers Tom On 9/26/06, Jack Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a small business using Asterisk via a VOIP provider. I'm > contemplating getting my own T1 line. My question is what benefits would > having my own T1 line offer over a VOIP provider? > > I'm assuming the quality would be better on a T1 line as my calls > wouldn't be routed through the Internet. I also like to be able to use > the T1 line for faxing & predictive dialing. > > > -- > Jack > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
