Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > 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? > > YES !!!!
around here a business line with not many features is about $40/month, 2B is $88, but you get all the callerid, did functionality, cnid, hunt, etc., but the big plus is you have a digital endpoint, so you take out 2 sets of a/d d/a conversion and the potential for distortion in the analog line from your call path. so you are getting all the a-la-carte features from analog included on a digital line at a price that actually works out cheaper per circuit than the analog if you need at least 2 of them, plus its digital. Let me say that again just in case - plus its digital. > 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: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wilton Helm >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:34 PM >> To: [email protected] >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ -- 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
