[VoiceOps] SS7 Landscape

[Alex Balashov]

Jawaid,

> On 17 Oct 2023, at 17:15, Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:
> 
> This idea would not be a carrier - it would be a pure tandem, or "exchange point for SIP", more like how internet exchange points operate. And it would work across all carriers in the North American Numbering Plan. You would not have to be a subscriber of a particular reseller/carrier.

I'm sorry to inform that this is not a new idea. There have been literally dozens upon dozens of such "TDM killer" / "tandem killer" / "HD codec hub" ventures in the last 20 years. They have not been commercially viable.

-- Alex

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