Re: US West -> BRI hunting feature

Pete Kruckenberg (pete@inquo.net)
Fri, 23 May 1997 11:57:01 -0600 (MDT)

On Fri, 23 May 1997, PM Mailing List wrote:

> Has anyone ordering BRI lines from US West get a hunting group feature
> installed? Just wondering how much it is (to hunt both data and voice
> calls). Some sources (like US West's homepage) list it at $2/month per
> line, while our rep at US West say it's $8.25 (the same as regular POTS)
> because they are hunting analog calls. The same rep mentioned that it
> isn't possible to hunt both data and voice calls on the same group. US
> West is a pain in the butt, can anyone share their experience. We are
> planning to have 8 BRI lines plugged into USR MP/16 I-modem, which is in
> turn plugged into the PM2E30 (this can do X2 right?).

I have seen several comments here and on other lists saying the same thing
about hunting. I am not sure if the restriction on hunting both ISDN and
analog services is a tarriff issue or a limitation of the central office
switch. Based on the fact that there is a tariff preventing hunting from
CT1 (digital T1 trunks) to PRI, I'm inclined to believe that this is also
a tariff issue.

Pete.