I'm actually having trouble understanding what people would order BRI for over POTS lines. The only thing I ever used ISDN for was net access, and it was trumped by DSL a decade ago. Do you get some extra service with your 2B service over ordering two POTS lines?
j On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Frank Bulk wrote: > At least for this telco, ISN and BRI was a money-loser. We've spent more > time trouble-shooting those connections (on behalf of the customers) than we > ever made in monthly or per-minute charges. > > > > Frank > > > > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Wilton Helm > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:34 PM > To: Asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] USA BRI -- any hope at all? > > > >> I wonder if BRI would have gotten traction if it offered PRI functionality > > I can't say for sure, and don't even know the differences in functionality, > but you may be right. When I last ordered DID I couldn't justify PRI so > brought it in as analog. At that point in time and with that LEC PRI wasn't > cost effective, even if I filled it up. I could have filled a 24B but it > would have left my entire facility at the mercy of a single circuit, which > isn't very smart. > > > > To me the thing that did the most to insure the demise of BRI in the US was > the insane pricing. Most LECs saw it as a large cash cow and priced it with > large margins (keep in mind it is cheaper for a CO to export two LDNs on a > BRI than on two POTS, but most priced a BRI at about 4x a POTS). Most LECs > only offered it as measured service with stiff per minute charges even on > local calls. Many charged stiff rates for connect time in data mode (in > fact some would get around this by treating data as voice). Their greed > backfired, and of course when DSL offered more bandwidth for considerably > less money, the bottom fell out of the data side. The only LEC I knew that > didn't go down this path was QWEST. They priced it flat rate at rates that > were competitive with POTS and I leased them for every site I managed. They > offered higher quality and more features than POTS. > > > > Wilton > > > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users