Two more comments. Yes, to join the PSTN call distribution system you must have SS7.
While rural ILECs are not exempt from number portability, there is a court injunction that saves them from having to transport the call out of their local rate center, so getting calls from a distant RILEC to a central point is at a cost to the requesting carrier. There are other complexities. Cary Fitch -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jeff LaCoursiere Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:34 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] OT - Number Portability Sorry for the off-topic, but perhaps this will be of interest to other asterisk based ITSPs. We are starting service in a rural area where the ILEC has the rural "monopoly". From what we have read in the FCC docs this does NOT exempt them from number portability, but what does it take for us to qualify to receive their numbers? To date we simply have a few voice trunks to them, and a set of DID numbers we purchase from them. Do we have to be a full CLEC to participate as a carrier? Does this imply we must have an SS7 connection to the PSTN? Thanks for any info, j _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users