On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:18:32PM -0700, Nitzan Kon wrote: > So the issue is not needing more regulation - but just how to be able > to enforce existing regulation. Not something that more regulation by > itself will resolve! > > Of course for all these cases, there WILL be records allowing law > enforcement officials (***who know what they're doing***) to trace > back the calls. Even if you spoof ANI/CID - your call has to come from > somewhere. > > Let's take your 3AM campaign suggestion for example: the way the call > will go is: > > Culprit -> VoIP carrier who lets set CID/ANI -> ILEC or CLEC -> > terminated to PSTN. > > Tracing it back should not be a problem if you have the proper court > orders, just find out with the terminating party which ILEC/CLEC they > got the call from, then find out with the ILEC/CLEC which VoIP carrier > they got the call from - and then finally get the customer records > from the VoIP carrier. > > Sure, it's not as easy as it used to be, and I may be over simplifying > it - but it is possible and much better than trying to regulate who > can and can't set CID. Punish the CRIMINALS - not the PROVIDERS.
You know, that sounds so much like the part where I said "require them to provide it to you by contract and hammer them if they screw it up"... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
