[cisco-voip] Is TEHO Now Illegal?

[Adam Frankel (afrankel)]

Can't speak to the legal aspects of TEHO in the US, but to your second 
point preventing TEHO is the entire purpose of Geolocation/Logical 
Partitioning feature introduced in 8.x.
All customers I've seen using this feature so far are in India.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/srnd/8x/dialplan.html#wp1228408


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*From:* Joshua Marsh <jmarsh at compunet.biz>
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*Subject:* [cisco-voip] Is TEHO Now Illegal?

> Hello, all.
>
> This post is in regards to a recent letter from CenturyLink (CL) 
> warning a customer that TEHO is no longer allowed, based on the FCC's 
> 11-161 ruling.  It appears that CL's interpretation of this ruling is 
> that TEHO w/o inter-carrier compensation is not allowed and can result 
> in termination of service.
>
>
> Here is a quick summary of highlights from that letter:
>
> "CL has filed tariff changes that impact the services provided to ISDN 
> primary rate service subscribers . . . FCC released an order on 
> intercarrier compensation (FCC 11-161, released Nov 18, 2011) that 
> clarified . . . VOIP PSTN Traffic. ...What is defined as Toll-PSTN 
> Traffic must be compensated at applicable interstate switched access 
> charges.  CL has filed tariff changes that make clear  that ... PR 
> services may not be used for the exchange of Toll VOIP=PSTN traffic . 
> . . this notice is being sent to inform you that Customer must begin 
> using services received consistent w/ the FCC's order and applicable 
> law.  For customers using PRS/PRI services from CL, Toll VOIP-PSTN 
> traffic may not be exchanged . . . we will take action not limited to 
> cancellation of services . . .
>
> So I did read a bit of the 752 page document from the FCC, but I'm 
> still a bit stumped here.  First off, they define "VoIP-PSTN traffic" 
> as "traffic
>
> exchanged over PSTN facilities that originates and/or terminates in IP 
> format."  It appears that CL's interpretation of this is that a 
> company cannot do TEHO across their different markets where they have 
> dial tone.  This has a huge effect on our dial plan design as well as 
> how our customers do business.
>
>
> We do what I'm sure a lot of you do as well: use a global dialing plan 
> and exensive route filters to make TEHO work across a nation-wide 
> footprint.  Has this been stopped in the name of competition?  Are 
> there any other Netpros who've seen similar letters?  What is your 
> take on this? Do we need to go undo our dial plans and turn-off TEHO? 
>  Even if we turn-off TEHO, a couple of users forwarding their phones 
> could circumvent this.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> J
>
>
>
>
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