[VoiceOps] FCC RMD Naughty List

[Mary Lou Carey]

I am so sorry....I just realized that I said to file the 499
confidentially. Its not the 499. Its your Robocall Mitigation Plan that
you need to file confidentially because they ARE asking for upstream
carriers and additional contact information. That requirement was added
this year.

MARY LOU CAREY 
BackUP Telecom Consulting 
Office: 615-791-9969 
Cell: 615-796-1111 

On 2024-12-10 04:32 PM, Daniel White via VoiceOps wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> It's a long story that I'm not going to share publicly since we are working with the FCC on those filings, but we have paid iconnectiv fees based on the annual revenue we collected.  We have also been contributing at a far higher rate to USF than we should have.
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>> Dave Russo via VoiceOps 
>> December 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM 
>> 
>> I was under the impression that you need to have a current 499 filing to (1) become STIR/SHAKEN certified and (2) pay the fee each year based on the company's most recent reported 499 revenue? 
>> 
>> How is Atheral able to operate as a STIR/SHAKEN compliant provider with 5 years of missing 499 filings? Are they paying the fee based on their 2019 revenue? 
>> 
>> -dr 
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>> Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps 
>> December 10, 2024 at 3:07 PM 
>> 
>> The requirements for RMD changed and you now need to add a lot more information. You only have 14 days to respond to the FCC, but MAKE SURE YOU FILE YOUR 499 CONFIDENTIALLY! We have already learned of incidents where scammers got ahold of company information and attempted to get the company's underlying carriers to change the IP addresses for their SIP trunks so they could hijack their network. We've brought this to the attention of the FBI and FCC, but the FCC's only offer was to file them confidentially. I personally think they're asking for way too much information and stupid to allow anyone's information to be listed on a public site, but until they fix the problem its up to carriers themselves to make sure their information is secure. 
>> 
>> Ashley (with Equitel Compliance) and I (BackUP Telecom can help anyone that needs to update their RMDs or get STIR/SHAKEN certified. 
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>> MARY LOU CAREY 
>> BackUP Telecom Consulting 
>> Office: 615-791-9969 
>> Cell: 615-796-1111 
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>> On 2024-12-10 03:42 PM, Dave Russo via VoiceOps wrote: 
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>> Dave Russo via VoiceOps 
>> December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM 
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>> Here is the FCC order & list mentioned: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-1235A1.pdf 
>> 
>> Also somewhat related, I'm curious how some companies that claim to be STIR/SHAKEN compliant and are listed on iconectiv's authorized provider list get away with not being fully FCC compliant? 
>> 
>> For example when we were looking for a new provider it came to my attention that Atheral is 5 years behind on its FCC 499 filings... Looks like it last filed in 2019: https://apps.fcc.gov/cgb/form499/499detail.cfm?FilerNum=832820 
>> 
>> Does this mean it can get shut down any time the FCC decides to do that? Will resellers that use them be at risk of losing service or subject to some FCC action themselves? 
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>> -dr 
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>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2024, at 2:17 PM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote: 
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>> Mike Hammett via VoiceOps 
>> December 10, 2024 at 2:17 PM 
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>> How many of you are on the Robocall Mitigation Database naughty list that the FCC just sent out? 
>> 
>> It'd be nice if they told you *WHY* your filing was deficient. Instead, they just generically list broad categories that you may or may not fit into.
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