Hi, Trevor: Trevor G. Hammonds wrote: >> Stephen Bosch wrote: >>> Are BRI circuits what phone companies call "digital" lines for use >>> with digital sets, such as with digital Centrex? >>> >>> I'm not aware that Telus even offers BRI. >>> >>> Sorry -- BRI is ISDN, not digital Centrex. >>> >>> I'm still not aware that Telus even offers ISDN anymore :) >> ...and by that I mean ISDN BRI ;) >> >> -Stephen- > > Throughout most of the United States, "Digital Centrex" or "CentrexIS" is > ISDN as part of a Centrex group. If the circuit is meant for a single > device, it would be a BRI. If the circuit is "Hi-Cap" or meant to be hooked > up to a PBX or the like, it would be a PRI. > > I am not that familiar with Telus, but what Bell is calling "Digital Voice" > service is merely VoIP over one of their DSL connections. While I know that > both companies offer Centrex over PRI, I am unsure if either company > supports BRI widely anymore. I know BRI service is available, and most of > their switches are capable of offering BRI circuits. For example, digital > secretarial enhanced key telephone sets are ISDN phones that work via a BRI. > > In my experience, most telcos in the US and Canada will not tell you about > BRI unless you specifically ask. And if you do, they shuffle you off to > another department where they may or may not know how to properly provision > the circuit. Somehow, all the LECs in North American look at BRI as a > data-only service and never really saw the advantages of offering it to > voice-only customers. As such, now that 128k (or 144k) is too slow of a > data connection for most, BRI has just been passed by. Such a shame...
I can still find information pages on BRI on the Telus website (buried, but there); as you point out, though, they refer to data connections only. I am going to give it a try and see what I come up with. There's every possibility they'll offer it but at a ridiculous price, just to discourage adoption enough to let them phase it out. I'll bet that this stuff will disappear when the switching equipment is upgraded. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --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
