I don't think I'd be stepping on toes if I told you guys we're paying about $35/month per analog line with callerid, line hunting, call waiting, etc, etc (basically the works minus voice mail) through AT&T
That's Canadian so you'll have to work out the currency conversion ie $1 USD = $1.65 CND Jon Pounder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > >Hey I hear ya, I am in much the same situation. > >PRI or channelized T1 is not really a cost effective solution until you are >over at least 10 lines, and need features like the DID or callerid, hunt, >etc. that you would pay a few bucks more each per line so the per line >analog cost would have been driven up over $50/line. > >My thoughts were BRI's as well since they work out to about $40/B channel, >and you can add and delete in fairly inexpensive groups of 2. You get all >the CLASS features of the PRI, but without having to buy a ton of lines to >get them. > >BRI channel bank is one option I guess, but fairly rare and expensive. > >I would love to find a bri to pri T1 multiplexer at a reasonable cost. I >have seen a few for sale minus the BRI cards so no deal on them. > >The ones I have seen do much more than is actually needed here so likely >the cost is excessive when bought new. > >I am still not really clear why the isdn modems that seem so common >can't/won't work in this situation. Is it simply an issue of software does >not exist ? Does the modem do something other than simply dump the >composite digital datastream into the serial port ? I am familar with how a >channelized T1 can be output/input via a v35 HSSI port - Does this same >concept not extend to the BRI isdn and a regular speed serial port ? Is the >issue that a conventional serial port is topped out at 115k and bri would >be 64+64+16 ? If so, how does the modem work in bonded bearer channel mode >for data ? > >Anyone got answers ? > > >At 06:40 AM 3/2/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>Hello! >> >>Several of my customers would like to add a backup to their Internet >>connection. ISDN is a good solution: decently fast for a dial-up-type >>connection, yet still faily affordable. While I was at it, I decided to >>look at a couple of more creative telephone service options to possibly >>improve their service or lower costs at the same time. These customers >>range from having just a couple of POTS lines without a key system up to >>as many as 18 POTS lines into systems such as AT&T Merlin or Nortel >>Norstar systems. >> >>My first thought on the higher end was a PRI line. However, the cost >>seems *very* prohibitive. The average cost for a PRI line was $550/month, >>just for "dial tone"! I've heard others say that PRI becomes cost >>effective in the 8 line range, but the cost for the office with 14 lines >>($25/line * 14 lines) is only $350. It would take 22 lines before the PRI >>would equal the cost of individual POTS lines! >> >>As an aside, I did a survey of several of my customers with 10-30 >>employees. Most of them have POTS lines only (from between 4 and 10) fed >>into some sort of PBX. Only one of them has a PRI line, and they wish >>they hadn't gone that way: they thought they would need more lines than >>they do, and now they feel that they're way over-buying. >> >>Am I missing something? When is a PRI competitive with POTS? And if I'm >>not missing something, is there an alternative between POTS and a PRI, >>particularly for 5-15 lines? None of the telephone companies I called >>offered channelized T1 options for local service (let alone frac-T1), only >>PRI. Are there other options? >> >>Finally, any alternatives for smaller companies? I tried to get a simple >>BRI ISDN line for Internet backup for the company with 18 POTS lines. >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ Ameritech (excuse me, SBC) charges $10/month more if you don't >>sign >>a 36-month contract and wouldn't give it to them without a credit check, >>several pieces of company information, the names and telephone numbers of >>at least two officers of the company and a personal guarantee from an >>officer! This for a customer who has had 18 POTS lines for *15* YEARS! >> >>I hate SBC... >> >>Thank you for reading my rant. I would greatly appreciate any information >>or suggestions you might be able to give me. >> >>Tim Massey >>_______________________________________________ >>Asterisk-Users mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
