Lee,
I have 20 users and 2 lines, the analog solution sounds like it would
solve
my problems nicely and the pricing sounds very reasonable. Now when I
called
Bell they weren't sure what I was asking for. They asked me if I
could find
the "bell terminology" or "bell product name" I was looking for. When
I ask
for analog DID they don't know what I am talking about..
So what exactly should I be asking for? perhaps you know of a website
that
has information about this service so that I can make a more educated
call
to the phone people.
thanx much!
-steve
to get some more information they insist i need a
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Howard" <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Marc Ricciardi" <MRicciardi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Steve Melo" <smelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] What is DID exactly?
> On 2004.08.13 14:18 Marc Ricciardi wrote:
> > A DID is Direct Inward Dial. This technology is used in a PRI or
> > Digial
> > T-1 line, either Wink or D-Channel handler. This gets pricey
fast!
>
> As Steve described, there are also "analog DID" trunks available
from
> all of the three telcos that I have ever surveyed about it (Qwest,
> Sprint, Pacific Lightnet).
>
> > You
> > would need to pay for the line and then the block of DID's. Off
of
> > the
> > top of my head, 1500-300 a month depending on the amount of DID's
and
> > number of channels.
>
> The analog DID trunks run far less: around $50 per month for the
trunk
> with around 10 or so DID numbers. After that it runs about $25 per
> month more for each group of 100 DID numbers that you add to the
> trunk. Analog DID trunks are only a single line, however, and only
> incoming at that. So they're great if you get faxes for a lot of
> different people on a small number of lines. If you need lots and
lots
> of channels, however, several pieces of analog equipment will
probably
> outcost a single piece of digital equipment.
>
> Lee.
>
