[BC] ISDN Long Distance

[ACN]

Dave, I really appreciate you help.

I will check out that web page and also contact Sprint.

Thank you, thank you.

Merry Christmas,

Tom

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RadEng 
  To: Broadcasters' Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [BC] ISDN Long Distance


  Tom,

  In the last 2 years I've installed 2 ISDN lines and had to work out LD
  carrier for each.  Here's a summary of the two:

  1.  Local small telco who provides the lines for our main studio installed
  ISDN for us, and they took care of the LD part, as part of their offer to
  us.  Being small, they really wanted our business, which motivated them to
  offer it as part of a bundle.  I was skeptical that the LD part would
  actually work.  At first, it didn't.  I made some calls to them and found
  out that in the background they had a choice of two different ISDN LD
  carriers (transparent to me unless I asked).  One of the two available was
  Sprint.  I asked them to switch my line to Sprint, and it has worked fine
  ever since.  5 cents per line per minute.  Unfortunately this level of
  service seems rare.

  2.  Had ISDN installed at a TX site, STL backup.  Remote site, only 1 telco
  (a real biggie) available.  They could not (or would not) help with LD.  I
  did some research and found the big three (ATT MCI Sprint) very
  unsatisfactory for several reasons - either very expensive (32 cents per
  channel per min), or astronomically high minimum monthly usage billing
  levels.  Very frustrating.  So I clicked on a link called
  www.isdnlongdistance.com.  $15 per month minimum, state to state $.079 per
  min per channel, $.105 per min per channel instate, rates lower with higher
  useage.  Apparently they buy big blocks from one of the major carriers
  (Sprint I think), then split it up for little consumers like me.  Paperwork
  to set this up was a bit cumbersome, but it worked out real well for us in
  the end.

  Good luck.  This is way more complicated to set up than it should be, but
  once it is done, it just works and works.

  Dave Morais
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "ACN" <acn at qwest.net>
  To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [BC] ISDN Long Distance


  Hi Bill.

  Our carriers are Qwest in Washington and Verizon in California and parts of
  our area in Washington.

  Neither offer long distance on ISDN lines.

  Maybe I should check into Sprint.   Is Sprint your local phone company in
  LV?

  Thanks,

  Tom

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Bill Croghan
    To: 'Broadcasters' Mailing List'
    Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:47 PM
    Subject: RE: [BC] ISDN Long Distance


    Tom,
    We've found that the most reliable ISDN service comes from the
    predominant local carrier.  Here in LV that's Sprint (now Embarq).  Since
    the other carriers are typically using the main carriers lines, that adds
    another level of switching and complexity to the system.  When I have to
    order out of town, I try to find out who the predominant carrier is going
  to
    be in that area.   It's worth a few more cents occasionally to have the
    peace of mind.  I don't have access to the rates at this time.
    Bill

    Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
    Chief Engineer,
    KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD/KWWN
    Lotus Broadcasting
    Las Vegas, NV
    Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
    Phone 702-315-3030
    Fax      702-876-6685






    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
    > bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of ACN
    > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:23 PM
    > To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
    > Subject: Re: [BC] ISDN Long Distance
    >
    >
    > To the brain trust:
    >
    > Who are you using for your ISDN long distance service, what is your
    > experience, what are you being charged per minute, and who is your
    > contact?
    >
    > I understand that only AT&T, Sprint, and MCI are able to offer long
    > distance
    > on ISDN lines?
    >
    > We have been using AT&T but recently found that they changed our rate to
    > .32
    > cents without consultation.
    >
    > I am wondering what sort of rate MCI offers?
    >
    > Thanks for your help on this project.
    >
    > Tom
    > ACN Network
    >
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