This is why Fractional T1's are available. Although, the cost per line doesn't really make the extra local-loop charge "cost effective" until about 12 lines.
If you can roll your fax and other circuits into a Fractional T1 then it will cut the bottom line as well. Most business in the 40 to 75 staff range will have a dedicated fax or two, and probably a dedicated alarm. If you can't justify the price of 12 lines + 3 or 4 1FL lines, then roll them in and split them out again with a FXS card, or FXS Adapters. -----Original Message----- From: John Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 27, 2006 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] How do others do this? The issue is that there are many many businesses that are big enough that they need DIDs and shared lines but aren't nearly big enough for digital technology. There is a gaping hole in phone services that stretches between about 5 users and 75 users. They need the features that T1/PRIs offer but don't need, and can't afford 23 channels. John
