Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Mary Lou Carey
You can get SS7 through any of the ILECs as well but there are two things to remember with them. 1. They don't usually offer SigTran so in addition to the SS7 ports, you also have to pay for the transport to the STPs. 2. They will usually only cover routes in their territory so if you go into

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Mary Lou Carey
There are really only two large companies that will do SS7 via SigTran and they are Syniverse and Neustar (formerly TNSi / Verisign / Illuminet), They don't really like to give out their pricing publicly so you have to sign an NDA to get it, but I would budget about $1,000 per month to be safe.

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Erik Flournoy
Hey since we're on this topic what's the average cost for SigTran and who would you guys recommend? Who actually has SS7 and would be interested in interconnecting. On Apr 23, 2016 7:21 AM, "Kidd Filby" wrote: > ABSOLUTELY > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Hiers,

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Kidd Filby
ABSOLUTELY On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Hiers, David wrote: > People tend forget the existence and benefit of physical and > administrative security controls until they disable them. Sure, they are > an expensive speedbump at times, but you can’t hack what you

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Kidd Filby
Mike; HOLY smokes... they let anything thru??? The it way scary. Does the word *RUN *come to mind. Kidd On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Mike Ray, MBA, CNE, CTE < m...@astrocompanies.com> wrote: > I didn’t realize that either until we switched SS7 providers recently. > Our former one (Whom I

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Kidd Filby
It is now possible to do it. I'm not sure when it started but, I know PB/SBC/ATT in CA. offered me SS7 connectivity many years ago. I'm pretty sure all of the Baby Bells now offer the service. I am sure SNET does as well. Now the choice is up to you if you want them to see all of your

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Hiers, David
People tend forget the existence and benefit of physical and administrative security controls until they disable them. Sure, they are an expensive speedbump at times, but you can’t hack what you can’t touch. David From: VoiceOps [mailto:voiceops-boun...@voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ray,

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Mary Lou Carey
It works because the party you're connected to is the one that provides the PSTN switching. Trunks and Point Code routes are ordered to their switch and they're just letting you home your NXXs on their switch so you are an underlying carrier. Mary Lou Carey BackUP Telecom Consulting

Re: [VoiceOps] SS7

2016-04-23 Thread Mike Ray, MBA, CNE, CTE
I didn’t realize that either until we switched SS7 providers recently. Our former one (Whom I am beginning to miss, truth be told) made it impossible to exchange signaling traffic with anything that you didn’t have a route built (and paid) for, which is how it’s been as far as I know since I