[VoiceOps] SS7 Landscape

[Mike Hammett]

Well right, but wouldn't I still need all of the same stuff (perhaps a few less trunks to specific switches, only now I have fewer minutes to spread the costs over? 




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From: "Paul Timmins" <paul at timmins.net> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <voiceops at ics-il.net> 
Cc: "voiceops" <voiceops at voiceops.org> 
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2022 12:01:01 AM 
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] SS7 Landscape 

Even without IPES you can switch your feature group D to voip through these aggregators and get rid of basically everything that isn't the local LEC's legacy network. 






On Jan 22, 2022, at 7:03 PM, Mike Hammett < voiceops at ics-il.net > wrote: 


Sure, but then I just transfer the problem to someone else, until the traditional PSTN goes away or modernizes. I am working on IPES for expansion markets, though. 


Also, for my home LATA, I'm needing to be in the same building as the primary tandem, so it's kind of a selling point for large customers in that area that I would have fewer opportunities for failures. I don't have to go to Chicago and back to get to the operator in the next row of racks over. Though, I suppose my SS7 diversity and availability is the weakness, not the actual call path. 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Paul Timmins" < paul at timmins.net > 
To: "Mike Hammett" < voiceops at ics-il.net > 
Cc: "voiceops" < voiceops at voiceops.org > 
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2022 1:46:46 PM 
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] SS7 Landscape 


Reduce your reliance on it more and more. Switch to IP tandems (Inteliquent/Peerless/etc) and ip interconnect. The people who make and support SS7 equipment are in a dying market, the brain drain on it is immense as people retire, and the longer you rely on it, the worse it's gonna get. 


TNS is a big dog in the space. But that's not saying much anymore. 



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On Jan 22, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Mike Hammett < voiceops at ics-il.net > wrote: 


We currently get our SS7 via TNS. I (maybe incorrectly) understand them to be a big dog in that space. 


I've had two major problems with them in six months. 


What are my alternatives? Are they less pleasant? 




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