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Can carriers still refuse port-outs if an account is being closed?
by caalvarez＠gmail.com July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020

We've had issues in the long past where ILECs in particular would refuse a port-out for "pending orders" if they had received a 30 day notice of cancellation. This basically would help get them an extra month of revenue. We have a customer whose service renews in a few days for another year, if they don't cancel. If we enter a port order today, and they give a 30 day notice tomorrow, could that port be blocked?

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Mobile numbers for SMS
by dovid＠telecurve.com July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020

Hi, Does anyone have access to true mobile numbers for SMS (numbers that when a lookup is done, it will show the numbers as being truly mobile and not a regular number that can get SMS)? I am working on a proof of concept and I need about one hundred numbers to start with the potential to grow. Please contact me off list. TIA. Dovid

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Get ready for a weird dialplan change. 9-8-8 suicide hotline.
by jay＠west.net July 19, 2020

July 19, 2020

This should be fun. FCC is designating 9-8-8 as a service code. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-designates-988-national-suicide-prevention… -- Jay Hennigan - jay at west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV

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Get ready for a weird dialplan change. 9-8-8 suicide hotline.
by jay＠west.net July 19, 2020

July 19, 2020

On 7/18/20 19:51, Mark R Lindsey, ECG wrote: > Fortunately, all we have to do is setup call forwarding for 988 calls to > go to +1-800-273-8255 That's by no means all we have to do. Device dialplans in VoIP phones, ATAs, PBXs, etc, recognize N-1-1 as the only valid 3-digits-and-done dialplan. Now every such device will need 9-8-8 as well. Much of the older gear is not user-programmable to accommodate such changes or manufacturer-discontinued. 988 is also a valid prefix in hundreds of NPAs, causing a conflict in areas with 7-digit dialing. It will be a hot mess. And now that we have started down the slippery slope, you can expect poison control, ASPCA, stop smoking, gambling addiction, abducted children, AA, Planned Parenthood, etc. to all lobby for their own 3-digit codes. We have had 9-1-1 for decades and everyone knows it. There isn't a PSAP in the country that can't transfer a 9-1-1 call to a suicide hotline at the touch of a button. -- Jay Hennigan - jay at west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV

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Charter/Spectrum Port Out?
by aaron＠heyaaron.com July 19, 2020

July 19, 2020

Is there anyone at Charter/Spectrum (Oregon area) that can help with a port out? It's been rejected 5 times now. Every time I call in, the rep gives me a slightly different variation of the address to re-submit. The winning carrier keeps getting rejected and asks for a CSR copy. Charter/Spectrum flat-out tells me "we don't do CSR reports for small business customers" and then proceeds to give me a slightly different version of the address every time I call in. They absolutely refuse to let me talk to or communicate with the team that actually makes the accept/reject decision to find out why. They simply say "it was rejected because of the address". I've spent hours on the phone over the last few weeks and I'm getting nowhere. Thanks, -A

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MiRTA thoughts or experiences
by mark.wiater＠greybeam.com June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020

Hi all, I'm researching multi-tenant systems for a small ITSP and had previously found FusionPBX. Just recently ran across MiRTA PBX and like several of it's features and the way its built. Does anyone have perspective they'd like to share? Off list is fine too, I'll summarize if there is desire. Thanks Mark

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Fios in NYC area?
by igoldstein＠telego.net June 17, 2020

June 17, 2020

getting complaints from customers using FiOS of packet loss to our data center but getting word there is an issue in the NYC area with other data centers too? -- Izzy Goldstein Chief Technology Officer Main: (212) 477-1000 x 2085 <(212)%20477-1000> Direct: (929) 477-2085 Website: www.telego.com <http://www.telego.net/> <http://www.telego.com/> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this e-mail in error please notify us immediately by email reply and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of TeleGo (T). Employees of TeleGo are expressly required not to make defamatory statements and not to infringe or authorize any infringement of copyright or any other legal right by email communications. Any such communication is contrary to TeleGo policy and outside the scope of the employment of the individual concerned. TeleGo will not accept any liability in respect of such communication, and the employee responsible will be personally liable for any damages or other liability arising. TeleGo Hosted PBX <https://youtu.be/DaT8YAZ4V0w>

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Outages - T-Mobile?
by ctaloi＠gmail.com June 17, 2020

June 17, 2020

Yes, started getting reports to multiple wireless carriers around 3PM EST. Bandwidth confirmed T-Mobile outage. Haven?t confirmed other carriers. I wonder what root cause is? Seems to be pretty big. --- Christopher Aloi ctaloi at gmail.com Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Sean Salvadalena <sean at commandlink.com> wrote: >

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Metaswitch VP3510 Options?
by voiceops＠ics-il.net June 17, 2020

June 17, 2020

For those of you that have had Metaswitch VP3510s and migrated to something else, what did you do and why? I've known for about a year that some day I'd have to make that decision, but it appears that day has come more rapidly than I expected. We have an (R)SP4200 that has failed (waiting on support to determine which one or both). Maybe it's a better spend to just move off of that platform. Option 1: Replace the RSP4200\SP4200 for up to about $16k and be in the same boat I was a month ago. Option 2: My soft-idea after a conversation with my Metaswitch sales rep was to move all of the TDM aspects to a UMG and move all of the CFS and other aspects into Dell servers. While I love virtualization and have been virtualizing workloads for 15 years, Metaswitch only support vSphere and OpenStack. OpenStack is too cumbersome for our size and the vSphere licensing costs more than the servers it would run on. That point is even further underlined by the fact that Perimeta would require Enterprise Plus licenses. My thought was to just buy some more servers and just run the software right on the box. The last batch of Dell R630s we got were only about $2k/each all-in. Cheap enough to have cold spares, racked and waiting. We'd likely just leave MetaView and Perimeta where they are (6010s) until we had EOL concerns there. I am working with Metaswitch, both support and sales as far as my options through them. I've also set up a meeting with a Metaswitch consultant to run through our options. More good data, the better. Thanks! ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com

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Outages - T-Mobile?
by sean＠commandlink.com June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020

Nationwide outages? I am seeing ATT wireless failing now too? Anyone else? Sean Salvadalena

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