As of yet I am not aware of any RBOCs or ILECs that will interconnect
via SIP transport. The whole problem with the industry is that the big
guys bought up all the copper transport providers back in 2017/2018.
Then as soon as they bought them up they stopped offering copper
transport. The RBOCs and
It could be they changed their point of presence. It could be that they
are wanting to get another LRN.
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On 2024-09-23 03:18 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
> Well right, I know what they do at a basic level, but they al
Or they could be doing a build out to a little ILEC that covers one of
the outlying rate centers and requires dedicated transport instead of
going through the larger RBOC / ILEC.
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2024-09-23 03:27 PM, Mary Lou
Typically they offer PSTN connection services so CLECs can get rid of
their SS7 networks. They probably also offer DID services in that area.
MARY LOU CAREY
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On 2024-09-23 02:56 PM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote:
> I see a sp
Maybe they finally realized they were giving all their business away to
Sinch and InfoBip and that it was going to start costing them money if
they didn't move away from SS7. After all who has more switches to pay
for than the ILECs and RBOCs?
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 6
It's not an intermediate number unless you LEASE the numbers to the
other carrier. Letting them take the TN that a former customer had is
the same as porting. You only need to file U1 and leave any numbers
ported or donated to another carrier due to a customer move in the
assigned column.
MAR
The only companies required to report NRUFs are the companies whose name
appears as the code holder or block holder on the NANPA / Pooling report
and in the LERG. The purpose of the NRUF report is to forecast the
future need for 10K and 1K NXX blocks down to the rate center level.
Utilization w
Can anyone recommend a good CPA who can file income taxes for telecom
companies?
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My daughter just ran in and told me everyone is talking about the
outages all over the country. Some reporters are claiming that it's a
cyber attack and others are reporting it as a solar flare. Pardon my
French, but I call it BS!
I've been involved in resolving some of these outages and if you
If anyone else is having problems with AT&T Wireless calls failing when
they terminate on the SS7 network, I know what the problem is. I've
already helped two companies get their problems fixed and would be happy
to share my contacts with anyone else who needs it. The more people that
complain
I looked through some of my old e-mails and the prompts for TDM are
(800) 638-2822 prompt 6 and then 1.
I'm sending you the rest of the escalation contacts.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2024-02-20 10:14 AM, Collin Rose wrote:
Well that wa
The NRUF is for forecasting the demand for 1K and 10K NXX blocks, so the
original carrier is the one that reports on the usage (anything ported
out is considered assigned). It tells NANPA when they can anticipate
having to do an overlay or add a new area code.
As I mentioned, it would make sen
The NRUF only pertains to BLOCKS assigned to your OCN. Returning blocks
in NPAC only pertains to TNs you've ported to your LRN that you no
longer use. You mixed up the third component of reporting disconnects.
That's done in the RND database and those should be reported monthly.
All 3 are tota
You'd be better off getting into Sinch's (formerly Inteliquent) PSTN
Connection service.InfoBip (formerly Peerless) and Wide Voice also offer
PSTN connection services. It allows you to keep your own NXXs and
interconnect with the ILECs through their SS7 switch so you don't need
your own.
MARY
If you already have SS7 services via Sigtran then going into a Frontier
area would just be a matter of adding another SS7 for that tandem.
MARY LOU CAREY
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On 2023-10-12 11:42 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
*nods* We take SIGTRAN over IP
With the ILECs, CSRs can be provided to customers and carriers that have
an LOA from the customer. The ILEC CSRs include the following
information:
Address of service location
Address of billing location
List of all services with circuit identifiers
Breakdown of the billing components that make
I know a lot of international carriers are trying to get their own
STIR-SHAKEN certificates because they don't want their traffic to be
blocked.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-09-20 10:15 AM, Pinchas Neiman via VoiceOps wrote:
Hi, A fr
Directory Listing orders have always been submitted through the LECs LSR
system, but I don't believe you can submit an order unless you're
leasing or reselling one of their lines.
MARY LOU CAREY
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-08-21 05:16 PM, Mike Hamm
I have no ideajust saying it's not in BIRRDS which is the database
that NANPA enters all the assigned NXXs in and the one that the LERG
information comes from.
MARY LOU CAREY
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-08-09 06:15 PM, Peter Beckman wrote:
Yet
I have direct access to BIRRDS and pulled all the blocks assigned from
849-4 NPA.There is nothing assigned to 849-472.
When I pulled up a report on the NXXs from 849 in Local Calling Guide, I
found lots of blocks from 849 NPA but 849-472 doesn't show up there
either. I would say it probably is
By the wayyou can find the NXX assignments for LATA 828 on
localcallingguide.com. Its free and pulls information from NANPA.
MARY LOU CAREY
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-08-07 02:24 PM, Peter Beckman via VoiceOps wrote:
Customer states their DO N
Dominican Republic is in LATA 828 in the LERG. The state shows up as DR.
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On 2023-08-07 02:24 PM, Peter Beckman via VoiceOps wrote:
Customer states their DO Number is active with Claro.
Twilio states that it is not
I will just say, you can buy a yearly subscription to the LERG instead
of monthly, V & H coordinates and switch addresses don't typically
change. Which carrier owns a 1K block can be pulled from the pooling
website.
https://nationalpooling.com/
Then click on reports
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Tel
I believe that Iconectiv's TrueNumber Finder product can provide TN
history. However, it only goes back to 2018 when Iconectiv took over the
NPAC database.
https://finder.iconectiv.com/user-cases-finder
The V & H coordinates and specific address information can be found in
the LERG. You'd hav
I spoke with my FCC contact today and was told to read the last order
issued in March so his response wasn't crystal clear. He said the FCC is
still in the process of deciding which types of companies can sign with
a third-party vendor's token and which ones can't.
I told him my concern is tha
To answer your question regarding 499s and OCNs, foreign companies can
acquire both. If you want to message me privately, I can give you the
contact information of the person I refer foreign companies to.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-
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or
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Read it here:
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On Jun 30, 2023, at 17:00, Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps
wrote:
I've heard from several clients that their upstream carrier told
them they don't need to worry about being STIR/SHAKEN compliant
because they
I've heard from several clients that their upstream carrier told them
they don't need to worry about being STIR/SHAKEN compliant because they
are taking care of everything for them.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT! Every phone company is required to have its own
certificate/token!
It doesn't matter if y
Hey all! Just a quick reminder regarding the June 30th Deadline for
STIR/SHAKEN compliance.
First of all, if you've completed the process of getting your
certificate and signing calls, don't forget to do the final step which
is updating the status of your Robocall Mitigation Plan. I just looke
If the company already has everything except the
STI-PA
registration then you're looking in the $300 - $500 range. The
variance
in cost just depends on whether or not there are any issues with
your
499 status.
MARY LOU CAREY
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tration then you're looking in the $300 - $500 range. The
variance
in cost just depends on whether or not there are any issues with your
499 status.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-06-02 02:48 PM, Peter Beckman wrote:
What is th
CA
fee for the OCN. If the company already has everything except the
STI-PA
registration then you're looking in the $300 - $500 range. The
variance
in cost just depends on whether or not there are any issues with your
499 status.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
cost is obviously less.
I have someone that does the filings for my clients. If a company
needs
everything she charges between $1200-$1500 range not including the
NECA
fee for the OCN. If the company already has everything except the
STI-PA
registration then you're looking in the $300 - $
LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
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Cell: 615-796-
On 2023-06-02 02:48 PM, Peter Beckman wrote:
What is the most affordable and fast way to get a cert? E.g. how much
should one pay, and to whom?
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps wrote:
VOIP carr
are due
June 5 (Monday) and Reply Comments are due a month later. You'll be
able to
read (and file) comments here:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/results?q=(proceedings.name:(
%2217-97%22)). Once comments are filed the FCC will likely issue an
Order in
due course, which may b
. You'll be
able to
read (and file) comments here:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/results?q=(proceedings.name:(
%2217-97%22)). Once comments are filed the FCC will likely issue an
Order in
due course, which may be clarifying or confusing or both or neither.
David Fra
I just want to give everyone one more heads-up about an upcoming change
I was just notified of. Beginning 30 days after the new rule is
published, you need to start filing your CALEA SSI plan online. If you
have an FCC login, you should already have access to the CALEA filing
system (CEFS). It
, 2022.
There are further "gateway" orders about how any operator is supposed
to handle calls arriving on their network that are not signed.
Michael Graves
mgra...@mstvp.com
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sip:mgra...@mjg.onsip.com
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The purpose of STIR/SHAKEN is to verify that the carrier knows their
customer and that the customer is NOT making robocalls or fraudulent
calls. It doesn't matter who the caller is or who the called party is.
It matters that the call was made using a telephone number and that the
type of networ
Anytime your customer uses a DID or Telephone Number to make a phone
call to another party, that is an originating voice service. If the
network you use / lease operates via a VOIP (Voice Over Internet
Protocol) switch then you must have a STIR / SHAKEN certificate. If the
underlying carrier yo
, in the letter of the regulations underlying this deadline? Or
to put it another way: who, as a VoIP service provider of one sort or
another, _doesn't_ have to get their own token?
-- Alex
On May 31, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps
wrote:
Hey all,
I just wanted to send
Hey all,
I just wanted to send out a reminder that the drop dead date for all
carriers to get THEIR OWN STIR/SHAKEN certificate is coming up on June
30th. You can still have an underlying carrier sign your calls for you,
but they must sign with YOUR token..not their own! You have to
regis
Its not really made crystal clear, but there are 5 categories for Number
Utilization:
Assigned (in use for a paying customer)
Intermediate: (leased to another carrier)
Aging (disconnected, but holding number until the grace period is up)
Reserved (holding for an upcoming customer)
Admin (in use
By the way.local calling areas don't usually change. Only when they
do a rate center consolidation or break one apart which is quite rare.
Once an NXX is assigned to a rate center, the rate center the NXX is
assigned to also doesn't change. So once you have the rate centers
documented for e
I believe CCMI sells a product that offers local calling area
information.
https://www.ccmi.com/solutions/
If you're on a strict budget or just want to do it yourself, I can tell
you how I've done it on a manual basis in the past. You just have to
marry the local calling area for each rate cen
ue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:53 AM Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps
wrote:
If you are a carrier you can sign up for the NPAC Helpdesk (online)
for
free, but you do need to provide proof of liability and workers comp
insurance. The contact information for each carrier is noted in the
contact section of the bull
participate in porting numbers. If you meet the Service Provider
criteria, there is a three-step registration process:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:53 AM Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps
wrote:
If you are a carrier you can sign up for the NPAC Helpdesk (online)
for
free, but you do need to provide proof of
If you are a carrier you can sign up for the NPAC Helpdesk (online) for
free, but you do need to provide proof of liability and workers comp
insurance. The contact information for each carrier is noted in the
contact section of the bulletin board.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Offic
I would check the call detail records to locate the LRN.
MARY LOU CAREY
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On 2022-12-11 05:12 PM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote:
They're coming in via our TDM tandem connections.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solution
I currently use Quickbooks Merchant Services, but I know an agent who
also does it so you can check out both.
Stevin Dahl
Alchemy Strategic Ventures Inc
Cell: 515-708-1686
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2022-10-28 05:28 PM, Peter Beckman via
NPAC Helpdesk has a form called MUMP that you can use to return TNs or
thousand blocks. You log into the NPAC Helpdesk to download a copy of
the form and then submit it via a service order. If you need help doing
it I can walk you through it.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 61
NXX Guidelines can be found at https://nationalpooling.com/
Then click on the documents link. Its most likely in the FCC NRO
(Numbering Resource Optimization) orders.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2022-10-14 10:46 AM, Mike Johnston via Voi
Maybe this suggestion should be made to NENA and the National 911
administrators. They may not know it's a problem.
MARY LOU CAREY
BackUP Telecom Consulting
Office: 615-791-9969
Cell: 615-796-
On 2022-10-12 01:22 PM, Mike Johnston via VoiceOps wrote:
I wish more 911 systems had a 933 numbe
I would contact your SS7 provider and have them do a trace on it to
figure out where it's dropping. If it's with Frontier, then you can put
in another trouble ticket and tell them you have proof it's a problem
with their network. You'll need to request it be escalated because they
keep closing
My recollection is that the invoice that is sent out notes the cost for
the entire industry and your company is assigned a contribution factor
based on that amount. I've had several people freak out when they got
their bill. Your contribution factor is calculated based on your 499
income. Belo
I think you need to think of it in terms of it being like 911. "Do I
want to chance getting sued and possibly put out of business because of
that one person who killed themselves after they tried dialing 988 and
couldn't get through?" Pick your battles.but this isn't a good one
to pick.
M
The original requirement of the 988 change process was to require all 10
digits to be dialed. Most carriers already do that because of overlays
or multiple NPAs but that piece of the process was supposed to happen
months ago so if someone hasn't changed that in their switch they need
to.
MARY
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