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PRI is a common business phone service, it basically a voice T1 with Caller ID. PRIs have an advantage over traditional phone lines as they can do “Direct Inward Dial” (DIDs), enabling a business to have numbers ring directly to staff or use different numbers for marketing campaigns to track the effectiveness of their marketing. But PRIs can be expensive not just in monthly cost but equipment costs.
What you may not know is many PRI services like Qwest OneFlex is they use IP voice (VoIP) to deliver service - then use a converter to make it PRI compatible. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, but PRI converters and PRI cards for your phone system cost money - and its money you don’t need to spend.
You may be wondering if this is VoIP like Vonage or MagicJack but that’s completely different. Consumer VoIP services go across the public internet with no controls over voice quality. Business VoIP services go across private carrier networks with strict controls over voice quality.
With an Allworx 6x phone system we can connect directly to the native IP voice service without PRI converters or PRI cards. This is a huge advantage for a business looking at purchasing a new phone system - eliminating the need for a PRI card will save on average $1000-2000. This benefits monthly cost as well - depending on location we’ve been able to get SIP/T1 service for under $400/mo, far less than Dynamic Integrated PRI services.
The Author: Kevin Selkowitz
About: Kevin Selkowitz is the founder and lead consultant for Selkowitz Technology, a Seattle-area small business systems consulting company. We focus on the four major technology needs of small businesses - phone systems, phone and internet service, servers/network infrastructure, and business applications.
This entry was posted by Kevin Selkowitz, on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 at 10:07 am and is filed under Phone Systems, Phone and Internet Services. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response on the right, or trackback from your own site.
