[VoiceOps] 218847 reachability

[Zilk, David]

Here is an article talking about how companies like TekStar operate and make their money. It is a bit old (2007) but apparently still applicable.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070207/123022.shtml

Further down in the comments on this link 'sandman' gives a long list of similar companies and NPA/NXX locations.

DZ

-----Original Message-----
From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Frank Iacovino
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:52 AM
To: David Hiers
Cc: VoiceOps at voiceops.org
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 218847 reachability

Seems to be that TekStar is a carrier in that NPA/NXX and they managed
to figure out a way to charge outrageous carrier access charges to
support among other things a free conference calling service (most
likely it's the other way around with what is supporting what).
Because of this Level3 and Bandwidth are both not reliably completing
calls there. In the case of Bandwidth they're just refusing the calls
all together, while Level 3 (at least on the Vector platform) will let
you complete a call there every once in a while.

>From a ticket with Level 3 earlier in the week:

Notes : We have seen unprecedented growth of traffic to these very
rural areas. There is currently no ETA for a fix. Level3 has a limited
amount of capacity in these particular areas and at this time we will
not be augmenting. This increase in traffic is the result of
questionable activities on the part of several independent telecom
providers that result in extremely high access fees for carriers such
as Level3 and we will continue to protect ourselves and our customers
from this type of activities and the cost that goes along with it.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:20 PM, David Hiers<hiersd at gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem seems to be with all numbers in that npa/nxx.  I've got no
> specific test numbers, but I do have a big list candidate numbers:
>
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> http://www.google.com/search?q=218-847+phone
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> David
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> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Paul Timmins<paul at timmins.net> wrote:
>> Got a milliwatt or test number?
>>
>> David Hiers wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone having trouble getting into 218847?
>>>
>>> We had to route around Level3 to get there reliably.
>>>
>>> David
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