A lot of them have an aggregated transport facility (e.g. a DS3) from the ILEC that they pay as a fairly large fixed cost, so T1s to customer locations are "tail circuits" (distinct T1s on one end, and cross-connected and muxed onto your T3 on the other) with a lower incremental cost. Actual cost depends on mileage factors and any interoffice mileage, but can be as low as $100-$150. If a lot of your competitors are CLECs, the answer is more obvious. On 12/10/2013 11:01 PM, David Wessell wrote:
This may fall under the stupid question category.. But where do you find reasonably priced transport for your PRI?s?
We?re a hosted Voip vendor so we typically have just ran over whatever ISP?s bandwidth we could find.
However more and more we?re asked to supply a PRI or SIP trunk to a customers location. I see other large providers in our area providing this service, and I assume that they must be getting a wholesale price from the ILEC (In our case ATT) on the transport.. But I?ve never made any headway with them.
How are these other companies providing PRI + bandwidth for $300-$450 per month? Is there a way to secure cheaper transport?
Thanks David -- Ringfree Communications David Wessell 828-575-0030 x101
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