Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!telecom-request From: bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Information Wanted on Combination DID/DOD Trunk Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 14:35:09 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 205, Message 9 of 11 >> I am now attempting to get a combination inbound DID trunk with >> outbound dialling. I don't really care about passing the PBX extension In many places DID trunks are ONLY incoming. They have to let the CO outpulse or tone the last N digits of the dialed number so the PBX knows which station to ring. Priced the way they are here, to protect the really over priced Centrex service, you certainly don't want to waste any of these for out going traffic. The first ten or so cost $80 each. All beyond that are $40. A normal two-way ground start trunk is $20. BUT there is now a way to get two-way DID trunks at somewhat better pricing depending on your mileage from the CO: If they are ordered as a package delivered on T1, you get two-way service. TT is in there too. If you only want 15, tough, you still pay the same as for 24. There is a fixed component, and a mileage component. Now that CO-LOCATION is happening, and nice folks like Met Fiber charge a flat $425 to ferry a T1 ANYWHERE they cover in Metro Boston, there is a mileage insensitive option. Of course as soon as Teleport provides an alternate source of dialtone, we may even get answer supervision and ALL other reasonable requests simply by asking - eventually even from the RBOCs. If your switch can do T1, and the CO is ESS, ask about two-way DID trunks!