[VoiceOps] AT&T Verizon to block text messaging

[Carlos Alvarez]

As I understand it, this is only about the trash mass-send messaging, and
not user to user.  Right?  Anything that reduces business abuse of SMS is
good in my opinion.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:24 AM Oren Yehezkely <orenyny at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it is what they call 10DLC. Here is what Bandwidth has put together
> for some more details.
>
> https://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500002422242-10DLC-Overview-and-FAQ
> I will gather more information and post what I can find.
>
> Kent described it correctly and it is probably a result of the FCC not
> regulating the market, which will now become the wild west.
> What Kent may be missing is that it is not only extra fees (as is the case
> with Verizon) but a whole registration requirement and actually blocking of
> messages from unregistered DIDs, as AT&T is about to implement their walled
> garden.
>
> If you offer SMS text messaging to your customers, you should be very
> worried, and join forces to fight it.
>
> Oren
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:15 PM Ivan Kovacevic <
> ivan.kovacevic at startelecom.ca> wrote:
>
>> Are you referring to A2P 10DLC?
>>
>>
>> <http://www.startelecom.ca>
>>
>> *Ivan Kovacevic*
>>
>> *www.startelecom.ca <http://www.startelecom.ca>*
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:30 AM Oren Yehezkely <orenyny at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does anyone have some deep knowledge about AT&T and Verizon's move to
>>> create their own walled gardens and prevent messages from the outside world
>>> from coming in, unless they approve each and every phone number (and you
>>> obviously pay for that approval)?
>>> Next thing they will block emails from other networks, or maybe all IP
>>> traffic.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Oren
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