Randy,

From my experiences with NFAS, it is pretty easy to setup, as long as your Telco knows how to do it properly. The only thing that I do not really like with NFAS is that you need to have at least 3 or 4 PRIs to make it worth the trouble. The reason being, you can have 2 PRIs running NFAS with only 1 D channel, but what happens when that D channel goes out? You loose BOTH PRIs. Ahhh, not to good. So, then you would want to have a backup D channel. So, that would put it at 2 PRIs. Still not really saving anything, but when you go to 3 PRI then you get 1 channel back.

Depending on how many PRIs you have coming into your POP should determine if you want to run NFAS. Most of the features you get with a PRI you can order with a Channelized T1. The best feature you would get is the 64K ISDN, but then you also loose a channel. I would say if you were going to get at least 3 PRIs, and Qwest knows how to setup NFAS, get it. But, if your only getting like 2 PRIs, do not bother! Hope that helps! Brian Smith CCNA, NCSA Network Support Engineer SOLUSERVE www.solunet.com 1571 Robert J. Conlan Blvd., Suite 110 Palm Bay, FL 32905 (888)449-5766 fax: (321)-676-1287 -----Original Message----- From: Randy Cosby [mailto:dcosby@infowest.com] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:36 PM To: usr-tc@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [USR-TC] NFAS and Qwest Qwest is going to be offering PRI in one of our service areas soon. We have always used chan-t1 on our total controls up to now. I've read through some of the comments about the hassle of coordinating NFAS with the phone company. If we can convert our lines to PRI, we really don't save much money unless we can run NFAS. Has anyone had experience with Qwest and NFAS? Is it worth the hassle? Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc. P: 435-674-0165 x 11 F: 435-674-9654 _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc