Re: New CT1 tarriff from US West

Ron Parker (rparker@gator1.brazosport.cc.tx.us)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 18:49:21 -0500 (CDT)

Just an FYI on this PRI pricing stuff. You need to be sure that you are
asking for the right thing. In SWB territory, if you say PRI, they first
don't know what you mean. Then you say ISDN and they translate that to
video conferencing and try to sell you a video PRI served out of some
major city. I haven't checked lately but the video PRIs used to be in the
$1,000+ range. Maybe some of you are being quoted pricing for the wrong
thing?

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Ron Parker
Network Communications Specialist
Brazosport College

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Jeff Carneal wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Jon Lewis wrote: > > > > BellSouth charges $304 for a PRI with installation charges...of course > > > > Maybe in GA...but in Gainesville, FL, PRI is about $1k more than > > that...unless there's some magic tarrif I don't know about and the BS reps > > don't tell us about. > > > > I still don't understand how BS justifies such wildly different rates in > > different areas. Is providing a PRI really so much cheaper in Savanah > > than in Gainesville? > > It's $1500 / mo in KY for PRI. That's actually 'Pathlink Lite', which is > Bell's version of data-only/incoming-only PRI. If you call and order > full blown PRI you'll pay about $2000 / mo. > > Trunkside channelized T1 (Megalink Channel Service) is about the same > price. I will admit that line side has come down significantly > recently... > > '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' > `' Jeff Carneal / Sys Admin \ Apex Internet `' > `' jeff@apex.net http://www.apex.net `' > `' The opinions expressed above aren't really mine. They belong to `' > `' someone else who also refuses to take responsibility for them. `' > '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' > >