I thought the price of E1 in Australia was quite reasonable, at least compared to analog.
Paul Hales Technical Manager AsteriskIT www.asteriskit.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:51 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card > By the last sentence I mean that only the person or company holding the > A-tick can put the sticker on the cards. Paralell importation refers to > 'grey' imports that don't come through the vendors sanctioned distribution > channels. For example I know that the fritz! has passed approval because > this guy has gone through the approval process. The Australian distributor > sells them for $400, I can get them off eBay in Europe for $20 per card - > the exact same card. $400 is just pure extortion and is going a hell of a > long way to prevent the adoption of Asterisk in this country where BRI is > the norm and PRI is outrageously expensive. > > If I had a spare $20k or so then I'd approve the card myself and sell them > at a more realistic price. > > Craig > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Furey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card > > > On 5/18/06, Craig Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any device to legally connect to the PSTN in Australia must be approved by > > the regulatory body. A process that usually costs at least $20,000 and > > only > > allows the permit holder to sell the product for conneciton to the pstn. > > It > > is a very high barrier to entry for the Australian market. There is a guy > > in Victoria who certified the Fritz! card and charges $400 each for them. > > Paralell imports are not allowed to be connected. > > Ah, so that's why they're so expensive :( > > Sorry, what do you mean by that last sentence? > > Andrew > > -- > Linux supports the notion of a command line or a shell for the same > reason that only children read books with only pictures in them. > Language, be it English or something else, is the only tool flexible > enough to accomplish a sufficiently broad range of tasks. > -- Bill Garrett > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
