Why waste time on something that will isn't going to be a solution for
very long.
Mury
GoldenGate Internet Services
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Alex wrote:
> There is openness at Livingston to doing BRI with integrated modems. The
> main challenge is the timing one--trying to second guess whether or not we
> will spend engineering time and resources and then finally produce the
> product, only to find that the PRI tariffs have finally dropped. Are there
> others who want this product? If there is significant demand from our
> users, we can investigate some of the tariff/regulatory issues. So, speak
> up if you read this and say to yourself--"thats me!"
>
> alex
>
> At 04:31 PM 10/2/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, kadokev@ripco.com (Kevin Kadow) wrote:
> >
> >> I understand _why_ Livingston has chosen not to implement BRI support
> >> on the PM-3, unfortunately the tariffs in many areas make PRI prohibitively
> >> expensive. In the Chicago area, from Ameritech or MFS it's 2-2.5x as much
> >> as the equivalent number of BRIs.
> >
> >In Seattle, USWest charges over 5x more for PRI than 12 BRI's (and you
> >get the extra channel).
> >
> >> Competition for local business dialtone should eventually drive the price
> >> down. PRI service is technically simpler than multiple BRIs, the cost
> >> to the local loop provider is about as low as you can go, the CPE does
> >> all the hard work.
> >
> >> Livingston should research whether anybody is or will develop a product
> >> to aggregrate a number of BRIs and present them to a PM-3 (or Ascend,etc)
> >> as a 'virtual PRI'. Yes, you can do this now with a micro 5ESS, but
> >> that's expensive overkill.
> >
> >> The actual hardware cost for such a beast would actually be pretty
> >> minimal, perhaps with a street price of $2K or less.
> >
> >I would be willing to pay as much as 2 months savings or $3500 per PRI
> >generated in order to save $35000/mo and user the PM3! And $2k would be
> >even better!
> >
> >> E.g. it could accept 11 BRI circuits and present them as a 22 PRI
> >> B channels, or turn 15 into an E1.
> >
> >
> >> I'd buy one.
> >
> >I would buy 20! (and enjoy teaching USWorst the folly of 'premium
> >pricing'; thats their excuse for why they charge more for a service that
> >costs less.)
> >
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