There was a time with BellSouth where BRI's made a lot of sense. As a
matter of fact, it was possible to set up your ISP in a residential area
and get BRI's for ~27 each (yes $13.50 per B channel per month).
BellSouth is about to submit a tariff proposal that will require anyone
with greater than 10 BRIs at a location to pay commercial instead of
residential rates.
BellSouth BRI prices: $97/BRI = $48.50/B Channel = $1115.50/23B Channels
BellSouth PRI prices: Data Rate Pricing $800/month. I believe this is the
correct pricing.
The dangerous thing about trying to "beat the Bells at their own game" is
that you may very well get stuck with a ton of BRI ports when/if the
phone companies regain their sanity and price BRI's properly. It
literally takes just a wave of the arm for the Bells to change the
pricing and then you are stuck with hundreds of BRI ports (not to mention
hundreds of phone cables). I am speaking from experience on this issue.
We currently have 150 B channel ports and while we are satisfied with the
price savings that we enjoyed for many months, PRI's really do look
attractive from my point of view in light of recent pricing changes.
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