[VoiceOps] STIR/SHAKEN concerns

[Glen Gerhard]

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> 2. If your network is partially TDM and partially VOIP, have you 
> experienced any issues with either of them? What are your future 
> concerns since STIR/SHAKEN does not work with TDM?
This will certainly weaken the benefits of S/S since the ID Header will 
be stripped off along many paths. Out Of Band S/S is slow moving but may 
help in the long run. In the mean time it's no worse than before S/S of 
course....

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> 3. My biggest complaint as a residential consumer is that caller ID no 
> longer shows up like it did. Unless I have the number in my phone, I 
> only see something along the lines of Scam Likely or a phone number 
> with no caller ID. I find this quite irritating since it prevents me 
> from determining if its a friend whose carrier hasn't implemented it 
> yet or an actual scammer. Anyone else have complaints about what 
> information is being passed?
As Paul said this is a function of the CVT and your carrier. RCD might 
help a little although the CVT will still control the CNAM delivery display.
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> 7. One of my greatest concerns I have about the September 
> implementation is that carriers will get no warning if/when they are 
> going to be blocked. I haven't seen anything that states a terminating 
> carrier or intermediate carrier has to give a warning muchless 
> disclose that they will start blocking another carrier's traffic. 
> Maybe there is a hotline to call if your traffic is being blocked 
> unjustly, but I haven't heard of any. Have you? Normal routing issues 
> are already a nightmare to deal with. Hopefully this will not make it 
> worse or just another method for anti-competitive carriers to take out 
> their competition!
You need to monitor you calls for Cause Code 608s. Although it's not 
always passed end-end the tracking is helpful and you won't know until 
the calls are being rejected.

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> 8. The last question leads me to the next one. I know there are some 
> carriers using their underlying carrier's certificate so they didn't 
> register for the Robocall Mitigation Database. I didn't recommend 
> this, but I heard through the grapevine some consultants / underlying 
> carriers did. If those who didn't sign up for the Robocall Mitigation 
> Database have legitimate traffic shut down, what will happen to all 
> their legitimate customers? Will they be out of service until the ITG 
> gets around to figuring it out? Has anyone heard of a plan to address 
> the impact on consumers displaced by this?
It sounds a bit like Delegated Certs before they're adopted. I wouldn't 
want to bet my business that those calls will go through for long.



Good luck,

~Glen

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