[VoiceOps] Good day to block 239-367-XXXX

[Nathan Anderson]

There are some exchanges that we serve that don't have another option for us to
move those numbers over to.  Some are serviced only by Level 3 (since acquired
by Lumen but I believe the L3 voice platform has largely remained as it was),
some by only Sinch (f/k/a IQ f/k/a Onvoy), and a select few by both.  We don't
have our own interconnect with the ILECs @ tandems or COs ourselves.

 

(Our coverage area is fairly rural in nature.)

 

-- Nathan

 

From: Aaron C. de Bruyn [mailto:aaron at heyaaron.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 3:18 PM
To: Nathan Anderson
Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Good day to block 239-367-XXXX

 

Maybe so, but if Onvoy was behaving badly and got blocked, customers would
move.

I know it's not exactly a 1:1 comparison, but I had a client that hosted mail
with a provider that turned really *really* spammy.

When everyone started blocking their /24, my client asked us to migrate their
mail to some place more reputable.  They had to pay a bit more, but haven't had
a problem since because the "better" provider didn't accept spammy clients.

 

-A

 

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps <
voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:

    I mean, assuming they actually are a bad (or at least
    indifferent-to-badness) actor, and if that's the only thing they will
    respond to, then sure.  But they are really big in the VoIP-to-PSTN
    interconnection space.  Vast majority of our own customers' DIDs are
    serviced by Inteliquent (now Sinch), so this would REALLY suck for us.

     

    -- Nathan

     

    From: VoiceOps [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Aaron C.
    de Bruyn via VoiceOps
    Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 2:54 PM
    To: Jeff Brower
    Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org
    Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Good day to block 239-367-XXXX

     

    Ha!  Now I recall where I heard that name--Intelliquent.

     

    Maybe with the FCC being all up in a tizzy recently, they'll allow the
    major carriers to drop Onvoy/Intelliquent unless they clean up their act.

     

    -A

     

    On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM Jeff Brower <jbrower at signalogic.com> wrote:

        Hi Aaron-

        Not sure if accurate or still applies, but from 2021:

          https://scammer.info/t/onvoy-the-safe-haven-for-phone-scammers/81641

        -Jeff

        Quoting "Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>:

            Anyone else seeing a huge increase in spam calls from 239-367-XXXX?

             

            I've had zero calls from that block in the last 6 months, but in
            the last 24 hours we've seen at least 3-4 calls per hour on our own
            phone system and around 100 per hour on systems we manage.

             

            They all show up as coming from Onvoy LLC.

             

            The volume is enough that it seems like someone would sit up and
            take notice.

             

            -A

       

   
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