Dave, If they send me to the ISDN looney-bin, I'll be proud to know you're there with me.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Donovan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 16, 2008 11:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Bell only supports NI-1 / DMS100? > > Hey Jim, > > I think it depends who is provisioning it. I think that if > you're buying from AT+T, Sprint (now Rogers) or someone with > a 5ESS at the other end, then you'll see NI-2. I haven't > done a tonne Bell turnups but I'm pretty sure they were the > holdout with NI-1. > > This is going back several years but I seem to recall some > feature that wasn't available for NI-1, like NFAS or > something. I think it burned me on a line-side connection > one time. I guess it could have been a manufacturer specific > limitation. > > In short, I think that NI-1 vs NI-2 is somewhat correlated to > Nortel vs Lucent. I know that they can both be set either > way though because I remember one of our old carriers had a > DMS (maybe a 250) and was prepared to do either if we asked for it. > > I know this doesn't really settle the matter but maybe it > makes you feel a little better that you're not alone. > Confusion loves company? > > DD > > On Jan 16, 2008 11:23 AM, Jim Van Meggelen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just got off a repair call with Bell. The tech said they > only support > > NI-2 out West. In Ontario he swore they have never > supported NI-2, but > > I've been installing sytems with NI-2 even before working with > > Asterisk, and this is the first time I have heard of this in many > > years. I am pretty sure NI-2 is now ubiquitous across North America. > > > > I even asked him to check with his colleauge, and they > concurred: Bell > > does not support NI-2 outside of Calgary, only NI-1. > > > > Label me confused. > > > > Jim > > > > > > -- > > Jim Van Meggelen > > Core Telecom Innovations > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.coretel.ca > > 416-425-6111 x6001 > > 877-CORETEL x6001 (Canada) > > www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > > http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
