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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2021 3:38 PM, Mark Wiles
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        <p class="MsoNormal">But there-in is the pain-in-the-butt
          factor…<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Getting an orig customer to call their
          carrier and report such issues… “hey, it’s not my problem… the
          phone call should work… why should I call ________ (insert
          carrier name) “Verizon” and sit on hold for 48 minutes to
          complain about an issue…”<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">There should be an easier way!<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> VoiceOps
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org"><voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of
            </b>Ivan Kovacevic<br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 27, 2021 3:22 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Mike Hammett <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:voiceops@ics-il.net"><voiceops@ics-il.net></a><br>
            <b>Cc:</b> VoiceOps <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org"><voiceops@voiceops.org></a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] Calls Not Reaching Us<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Apart
                  from the "I ought to fix this, it just ain't right"
                  instinct... The practical solution is for the caller
                  to open a ticket with their provider. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You'll
                  go crazy trying to get to the big-carrier engineering
                  team and to someone who knows how to investigate and
                  solve the problem... unless they are lurking on this
                  list....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I've
                  pulled much hair trying to right telecom wrongs... and
                  the type you are running into, is better delegated to
                  the user/caller. (assuming you are 100% certain it
                  isn't on your end)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p><b><span
                                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet
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                                Kovacevic</span></b><span
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                            </span><i><span
                                style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet
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                                and VP Client Services</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:12 PM Mike
                Hammett <<a href="mailto:voiceops@ics-il.net"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">voiceops@ics-il.net</a>>
                wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
                      have a customer saying that they are getting
                      reports from their customers that they're getting
                      "number is no longer in service" errors when
                      calling them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
                        checked Metaswitch SAS for a number that
                        experienced this issue and we don't see any
                        inbound attempts from that number. The call
                        would have come in via a traditional TDM
                        connection to a tandem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
                        reached out to the Primary contacts in NPAC for
                        the originating caller (Comcast). They told me
                        to bugger off and to have the end user call
                        support. Did I make the wrong move?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          Mike Hammett<br>
                          Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
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VoiceOps mailing list
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