[BC] ISDN Long Distance

Mike McCarthy Towers
Sun Dec 17 07:37:12 CST 2006


We get MCI at $.05/minute.

The key is to NOT tell the carrier it's ISDN.  Just give them the SPID #'s 
and that's it. There is no difference at that level between POTS and ISDN 
coding.

MM

At 11:09 AM 12/15/2006 -0500, RadEng wrote
>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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