<div dir="ltr">Could it have something to do with the FCC sounding the death knell for access stimulation? "their end user relationships with high volume calling providers were terminated"<div><br></div><div><a href="https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/fcc1994.pdf">https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/fcc1994.pdf</a> <br><br>from: NECA Washington Watch <<a href="mailto:WashingtonWatch@neca.org">WashingtonWatch@neca.org</a>><br>reply-to: <a href="mailto:WashingtonWatch@neca.org">WashingtonWatch@neca.org</a><br>to: <a href="mailto:calvin.ellison@voxox.com">calvin.ellison@voxox.com</a><br>date: Dec 31, 2019, 10:30 AM<br>subject: Washington Watch 12.31.2019<br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:12pt 0in 6pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(238,52,36);line-height:18.4px">Access Stimulation</h1><p class="gmail-m_-5870388865270006652Subhead10" style="margin:0in 0in 4.5pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;break-after:avoid;color:black;font-weight:bold;line-height:15.3333px">Carriers File Notices on Access Stimulation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:normal"><a href="https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/123019btc.pdf" target="_blank">BTC</a><span class="gmail-m_-5870388865270006652MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(0,129,198);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">,</span></span><span class="gmail-m_-5870388865270006652MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(0,129,198);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span><a href="https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/123019gold.pdf" target="_blank">Goldfield Access Network</a> and<span class="gmail-m_-5870388865270006652MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(0,129,198);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span><a href="https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/123019louisa.pdf" target="_blank">Louisa Communications</a> filed letters on December 27, 2019, to notify the FCC they have terminated their participation in access stimulation as defined in the September 2019 <a href="https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/fcc1994.pdf" target="_blank">order</a>, and effective December 25, 2019, their end user relationships with high volume calling providers were terminated<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div><p style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Calvin Ellison</strong><br>Senior Voice Operations Engineer<br><a href="mailto:calvin.ellison@voxox.com" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">calvin.ellison@voxox.com</a><br>+1 (213) 285-0555<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><strong><a href="http://www.voxox.com/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">voxox.com</a> </strong><br>5825 Oberlin Drive, Suite 5<br>San Diego, CA 92121<br></p><img src="http://cdn.voxox.com/img/voxox-logo.png" alt="Voxox" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:03 AM Mike Hammett <<a href="mailto:voiceops@ics-il.net">voiceops@ics-il.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The entity I'm calling is based out of Goldfield, so in this particular case, it isn't malicious. I'm not going to deny that there could be other malicious uses of that exchange.<div><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br><a href="http://www.ics-il.com" target="_blank">http://www.ics-il.com</a><br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br><a href="http://www.midwest-ix.com" target="_blank">http://www.midwest-ix.com</a><br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="gmail-m_-8158553099337727998zwchr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Jay Hennigan" <<a href="mailto:jay@west.net" target="_blank">jay@west.net</a>><br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:42:55 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] Odd Routing to Iowa<br><br>On 12/31/19 09:16, Mike Hammett wrote:<br>> Is anyone else seeing odd routing when calling Goldfield Telecom in <br>> Iowa? Yes, I'm almost positive no one here has had that need.<br>> <br>> <br>> Today when I call from Sprint, I get a guy that just keeps saying, "Hello".<br>> <br>> When I call with T-Mobile, I get through to the desired conference brdige.<br>> <br>> When I call with US Cellular, I get a lady's voicemail.<br><br>It could be one of those tiny rural traffic-pumping exchanges with <br>ridiculous termination fees. 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