<div dir="ltr">I'd add a #7 to "what I believe we agree upon":<div><br></div><div>7. The current PSTN prevents and the new world order offers, or at least allows for, high def and video codecs, and other cool new things yet to be imagined.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Peter Beckman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beckman@angryox.com" target="_blank">beckman@angryox.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Argh. I've come up with three different ideas in this email, and deleted<br>
them all.<br>
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1. Carriers do not want to disclose which DIDs they service. A<br>
company's customers might not want an easy way for callers to find out<br>
that the number is associated with that business, or that the number is<br>
temporary.<br>
<br>
2. Carriers do not want to disclose how many DIDs they service.<br>
Competitive behind-the-curtain reasons.<br>
<br>
3. Carriers are wary of smaller carriers, and are concerned with having<br>
to figure out who to deal with if incoming calls from their networks<br>
are failing and there isn't an SLA or guaranteed response time,<br>
unlike their bigger carriers.<br>
<br>
4. We all generally agree that another "centralized" system is just<br>
replacing one for another.<br>
<br>
What I believe we agree on:<br>
<br>
1. It's stupid for a phone call to go through 19 hops of carriers and<br>
resellers, it makes troubleshooting a pain, adds latency, and adds<br>
complexity. But it is only stupid if there is no value added by that<br>
hop.<br>
<br>
2. The PSTN is too ingrained into our global society to replace it.<br>
<br>
3. Ownership of a DID in NANP is so vague that it comes down to who<br>
answers the phone at a given point in time, wins. Maybe.<br>
<br>
4. Porting should be unbelievably simple and easily automatable.<br>
<br>
5. The data in the LERG should be free, since taxes and law pay for the<br>
data that lies within.<br>
<br>
6. Centralized authorities and monopolies do not innovate.<br>
<br>
What we can do:<br>
<br>
1. Write a contract template and make it public that:<br>
* Outlines the intent to send traffic directly, in either<br>
direction, destined for published DIDs at either carrier<br>
* Prohibits the payment, in either direction, for such traffic<br>
* Outlines the SLAs and Escalation Procedures for both parties<br>
* Clearly documents how to end the contract and remedies for lack<br>
of timely technical termination<br>
* Handles 90% of issues that may come up in the course of avoiding<br>
the PSTN for origination and termination traffic<br>
<br>
2. Propose a standard non-public method of publishing a<br>
machine-readable and parsable configuration that includes:<br>
* DIDs available for direct termination<br>
* DIDs owned that SHOULD NOT be directly terminated<br>
* When the config was created/generated<br>
* The frequency of the config generation<br>
* The endpoints and rules for terminating calls to the carrier<br>
* Enforces the use of legally binding arbitration with a very<br>
small window to resolve disputes<br>
<br>
3. Use the contract and standard to start sending traffic<br>
directly to each other.<br>
<br>
At some point we can get to the point of solving the "who is best suited to<br>
receive this call" problem.<br>
<br>
This moves the "trust" to between the two parties, not some centralized<br>
management. And while bad things can still happen, aren't they already?<br>
<br>
This instantly provides the ability to remove the cost of termination and<br>
origination, and while adding to the number of relationships that are<br>
required in order to reach all phone numbers, can move us toward<br>
decentralization of the telephony world.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Beckman<br>
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PS Man that last sentence sounds cheesy.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>