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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Our coverage area is fairly rural in nature.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-- Nathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Aaron C. de Bruyn [mailto:aaron@heyaaron.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2024 3:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nathan Anderson<br><b>Cc:</b> voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] Good day to block 239-367-XXXX<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe so, but if Onvoy was behaving badly and got blocked, customers would move. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-A<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-- Nathan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a name="m_-1408127324610192390__MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> VoiceOps [mailto:<a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2024 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jeff Brower<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] Good day to block 239-367-XXXX</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ha! Now I recall where I heard that name--Intelliquent. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-A<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM Jeff Brower <<a href="mailto:jbrower@signalogic.com" target="_blank">jbrower@signalogic.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Aaron-<br><br>Not sure if accurate or still applies, but from 2021:<br><br> <a href="https://scammer.info/t/onvoy-the-safe-haven-for-phone-scammers/81641" target="_blank">https://scammer.info/t/onvoy-the-safe-haven-for-phone-scammers/81641</a><br><br>-Jeff<br><br>Quoting "Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps" <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anyone else seeing a huge increase in spam calls from 239-367-XXXX? </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>They all show up as coming from Onvoy LLC.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The volume is enough that it seems like someone would sit up and take notice.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-A</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>VoiceOps mailing list<br><a href="mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org" target="_blank">VoiceOps@voiceops.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>