Larry wrote: > > after the nightmare with the pano T-1 card, even the thought of doing > this scares the crap out of me. But, has anyone done this? which PRI > format? and what show stoppers? cbeyond cannot deliver fxo's from > their box, or name and number from their T-1 channel. (No big deal, pano > can't receive it on the T-1 card either) > PRI is the only possible delivery. (or a pri to loop converter) PRI will work on KXTD1232-6 but it does have its limitations.
I've seen this setup work on an SBC/Ameritech provided PRI behind a DMS-100 configured as NI-2. Worked first time, everytime once we figured out how man digits the telco was sending us incoming. Outbound dial plan also took some trial and error, once that was figured out, we setup the ARS/LCR translations to allow the users to dial outbound calls as they we used to on the POTS lines. I've also seen problems with a the same setup in a Sprint/United DMS-100 PRI. Problems noted were quite intermittent, some local outbound calls would not connect correctly, some incoming calls would not terminate. Appeared to be related to extra signalling options onthe PRI interacting with certain local trunk groups. Sprint attempted to cooperate, I worked with their techs in their national switching center in KS, we did quite a bit of debugging. Pana gave limited support. After six months of problems and threats of litigation from the end user, Pana replaced the 1232 with a 500 and everyone was satisfied, (Though I'll never get back the dozens of hours we put into troubleshooting the matter.) I'll take working with a CLEC over any LEC, they are much more responsive in bringing a customer into service. Also: Confirm with Pana tech support the recommended PRI trunk config specs and order the PRI per the Pana spec, in writing. Personally, I'd go for it, but be sure to know and test with your local CLEC tech before getting in too deep. I'll bet they can make it work for you pretty easily unless they've got an uncommon CO switch setup. (Most CLEC's do use DMS and most do it by the book. Ask.) CLID: In my experience CLEC's and IXC's will not provide CLID name service on ISDN, they don't want to pay for the database dips. LEC's generally do include name, then again, their ISDN PRI and BRI are much expensive. Good luck and happy dialing... -- Macy Hallock Hallock Consulting Lutz, FL + Medina, OH Tel 813-632-2988 Cell 813-493-8899 Email macy1 (at) hallock.net _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
