<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I don't think at&t and Verizon are outright blocking text messaging.. The FCC (and consumers and businesses) would like to stop spam and scams. Similar to STIR/SHAKEN, no? There will be some fee involved just like there is a cost to implement and manage STIR/SHAKEN that will get passed down to business and consumers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Do you have an example of how it could impact you or an example financially?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Twilio has this to say about it: <a href="https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-What-is-A2P-10DLC-">https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-What-is-A2P-10DLC-</a></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table width="300" border="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:"Courier New",Courier,monospace;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:10px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-top-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><font color="#000000">Brandon</font></strong><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:33 AM Oren Yehezkely <<a href="mailto:orenyny@gmail.com">orenyny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would agree if this was the case. But it is not the case.<div>That is the reason I suggest we learn more about it and fight it (if it matters to you).</div><img style="width: 0px; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" src="https://disjointed-ileum.herokuapp.com/+?y=49q24eh26sp3icj46hj66ohn6ss30ohlcgq62dppckp3edr5c4p62d1ocgh0====" alt=""></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:30 PM Carlos Alvarez <<a href="mailto:caalvarez@gmail.com" target="_blank">caalvarez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As I understand it, this is only about the trash mass-send messaging, and not user to user. Right? Anything that reduces business abuse of SMS is good in my opinion.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:24 AM Oren Yehezkely <<a href="mailto:orenyny@gmail.com" target="_blank">orenyny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes, it is what they call 10DLC. Here is what Bandwidth has put together for some more details. <div><a href="https://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500002422242-10DLC-Overview-and-FAQ" target="_blank">https://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500002422242-10DLC-Overview-and-FAQ</a><div>I will gather more information and post what I can find.</div><div><br></div><div>Kent described it correctly and it is probably a result of the FCC not regulating the market, which will now become the wild west.</div><div>What Kent may be missing is that it is not only extra fees (as is the case with Verizon) but a whole registration requirement and actually blocking of messages from unregistered DIDs, as AT&T is about to implement their walled garden.</div><div><br></div><div>If you offer SMS text messaging to your customers, you should be very worried, and join forces to fight it.</div><div><br></div><div>Oren</div></div><br><img style="width: 0px; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" alt=""></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:15 PM Ivan Kovacevic <<a href="mailto:ivan.kovacevic@startelecom.ca" target="_blank">ivan.kovacevic@startelecom.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Are you referring to A2P 10DLC? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Ivan Kovacevic</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(173,173,173)"><br></span></p><p><font color="#000000"><i style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><a href="http://www.startelecom.ca" target="_blank">www.startelecom.ca</a></i></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:30 AM Oren Yehezkely <<a href="mailto:orenyny@gmail.com" target="_blank">orenyny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone have some deep knowledge about AT&T and Verizon's move to create their own walled gardens and prevent messages from the outside world from coming in, unless they approve each and every phone number (and you obviously pay for that approval)?</div><div>Next thing they will block emails from other networks, or maybe all IP traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Oren</div><img style="width: 0px; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" alt=""></div>
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