> At 06:30 PM 12/20/96 EST, you wrote:
>
> >I'll have to get the current cost from ameritech. You said "... with the
> >equipment factored in." Unfortunately, i don't get to do that -- one time
> >money (capital expenditure) is not as critical as on-going expenses. So, at
> >best, i'd have to prorate the equipment cost over five or even ten years where
> >as on-going money comes immediately out of my budget. We are paying $36.02
> >for a BRI line with both B channels CSD; $28.02 for BRI with CSV on both
> >channels. So, a PRI line would need to cost no more than $432.24 (12x36.02);
> >my qoute from a year ago was around $750 per month. I asked ameritech whether
> >there had been been any change when the PM3 started delivery and was told no.
> >(the BRI costs include the federal access charge).
>
> Food for thought on integrated PRI solutions. If support of analog modems
> enter into the equation, I don't think its fair to compare PRI pricing
> strickly against BRI pricing like in the above example. The reason is
> simple. PRI provides both analog and ISDN service on any channel. In the
> above example, there was no mention of POTs pricing. So lets say you had a
> fixed configuration of 12 BRI, you would still have to install and pay a
> monthly re-occuring cost for any POTs service required. Now I'm not trying
> to say that the cost of POTs lines would overcome the $318 differential
> detailed above, but it surely is a cost factor to consider.
>
> Additionally, integrated PRI solutions provide somewhere between 20-30%
> more WAN capacity than individual POTs or BRI circuits alone. As an
> example, lets say you had 6 BRI and 12 POTs lines installed at a POP (24
> total WAN channels). When the 13 modem user dialed in, or the 13th ISDN
> user, they would both get a busy signal. With the integrated PRI solution,
> the 13th modem or 13th ISDN caller, would get connected as long as a PRI
> channel was available. In fact you could have 23 modem or 23 ISDN users
> simultaneously connected (or any combination). That WAN flexibility is hard
> to quantify, but is never-the-less real. And I won't mention savings in
> real estate, utility bills, and administration. Off my soapbox.
Thats why many parts of the country need a BRI based 'integrated' solution.
Then we could order reasonably priced BRI circuits, and accept either
ISDN or analog (and 56k) calls on them.
Can't you hear the desperation for a product like this when people discuss
cludges like 'P25s with pots modems' or 'Courier I modems only using 1
channel'?
As I have said before (I think), I would have to pay USWest and additional
$30,000 a month just for my existing lines to be delivered on PRI. With
BRI, the phone charges would actually be cheaper. Think of all the PM3bri
units I could buy with $30K each month.
(But what if they change the tarrifs you say? Tarrifs have to be approved
by utilites commisions and don't change overnight. Not all states would
change at once. Phone companies appear to be stupid about pricing. The
world of the Internet is always changing. Thats what contracts are for.
Ect, ect, ...)
Paul M Mockett Jr
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