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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/1/21 3:53 PM, Keith Medcalf wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:756fbbfbc984cc468ac0a06bdda7e74b@mail.dessus.com">
<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">And this is why this problem will not be solved. The "open relay" is making money from processing the calls, and the end carrier is making money for terminating them. Until fine(s) -- hopefully millions of them, one for each improperly terminated call, together with jail time for the CEO of the company for "conspiracy to commit fraud" -- and EACH of the fines is EQUAL OR GREATER than the total yearly worldwide REVENUE of that end carrier, they will not have any impetus to "fix" the problem.</pre>
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<p>How about 47 CFR 64.1200(k)(4)?</p>
<p class="psection-2"><span class="enumxml" id="k_4">(4)</span> A
provider may block voice calls or cease to accept traffic from an
originating or <a aria-label="Definitions - intermediate
provider" class="colorbox-load definedterm"
href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=643618fc7955a6798d0c07a136e40fef&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:47:Chapter:I:Subchapter:B:Part:64:Subpart:L:64.1200">intermediate
provider</a> without liability under the Communications Act or
the Commission's rules where the originating or <a
aria-label="Definitions - intermediate provider"
class="colorbox-load definedterm"
href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=643618fc7955a6798d0c07a136e40fef&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:47:Chapter:I:Subchapter:B:Part:64:Subpart:L:64.1200">intermediate
provider</a>, when notified by the Commission, fails to
effectively mitigate illegal traffic within 48 hours or fails to
implement effective measures to prevent new and renewing <a
aria-label="Definitions - customers" class="colorbox-load
definedterm"
href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=53789aafb18c69f4ad1df8f063611a51&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:47:Chapter:I:Subchapter:B:Part:64:Subpart:L:64.1200">customers</a>
from using its network to originate illegal calls. Prior to
initiating blocking, the provider shall provide the Commission
with notice and a brief summary of the basis for its determination
that the originating or <a aria-label="Definitions - intermediate
provider" class="colorbox-load definedterm"
href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=643618fc7955a6798d0c07a136e40fef&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:47:Chapter:I:Subchapter:B:Part:64:Subpart:L:64.1200">intermediate
provider</a> meets one or more of these two conditions for
blocking.
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<p>ie: "You're not really a phone company anymore, says the rest of
the PSTN"</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/64.1200">https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/64.1200</a><br>
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