Electric Lightwave's PRI ISDN -- "Up and Running".VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 1996--Just one month after rolling out local dialtone services in Portland, Ore. and Salt Lake City -- and one month after upgrading its Seattle switch -- Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELI Eli (ē`lī), in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel. 1. (language) ELI - An early system on the IBM 705 and IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. ) is already offering Primary Rate Interface (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ) Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ) to business customers in those cities. "We know that speed and flexibility are advantages in the marketplace," says Senior Data Products Manager Richard Shimizu. "We were able to move very quickly in delivering products and services to our customers." ISDN is a switched, digital service capable of handling voice, data and video service simultaneously. PRI consists of 24 channels which can be used individually or bundled together to carry the bandwidth of a T1 (1.544 megabits) circuit. PRI is geared toward businesses -- such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) -- who have multiple users requiring multiple applications. Basic Rate Interface (BRI See ISDN. BRI - Basic Rate Interface ) ISDN, while not part of ELI's product offering, is available in some areas from other local exchange carriers. BRI consists of up to three discreet channels and is ideally suited for small businesses and the telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. market. ELI's PRI is different than the ISDN product offered by its competition. "Our data-only product allows access from analog modems as well as both BRI and PRI users," says Shimizu. "This is a tremendous benefit to ISPs or businesses offering telecommuting as an employee benefit. Our competitors' product is limited to BRI or PRI access." ELI's dialable wideband product provides tremendous bandwidth flexibility and is ideal for video teleconferencing, distance learning or dial-up data requirements. "Our competitors don't offer these same options," says Shimizu. "Our ISDN offering is truly leading edge in providing meaningful features to our customers." ELI's data and voice PRI provides the quickest call set-up time In telecommunication, the term call set-up time has the following meanings: 1. The overall length of time required to establish a circuit-switched call between users. 2. possible, great trunk efficiencies and feature-rich calling including Caller ID. Based in Vancouver, Electric Lightwave is a full-service communications company which owns and operates telecommunications systems in several Western states. ELI is a subsidiary of Citizens Utilities, a diversified growth company offering telecommunications, gas, electric and water services. CONTACT: Electric Lightwave John Unverferth, 360/896-3217 |
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