Sansay provides the standalone CA solution as well if that’s what’s needed.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 11:06 AM Mary Lou Carey <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as I know, NEUSTAR is the only CA that will allow you to get a > token without using their STIR/SHAKEN services.I know that there are > multiple options for the STIR/SHAKEN products so make sure to ask about > the various products / price ranges. > > MARY LOU CAREY > BackUP Telecom Consulting > Office: 615-791-9969 > Cell: 615-796-1111 > > On 2022-06-03 10:22 PM, Nathan Anderson wrote: > > Starting to collect quotes for SHAKEN cert signing from STI-CAs, and > > got our first response back. > > > > I also got whiplash at the same time. > > > > Although I didn't have to sign an NDA or agree to any kind of > > confidentiality in order to get this response, since nobody seemingly > > wants to publish their pricing, I will (at least for the time being) > > keep both the quote itself as well as the vendor name close to my > > chest. But...dang. > > > > Though I'm hoping to be surprised, I'm guessing that there isn't a > > wide difference in pricing between various STI-CAs. Can people here > > confirm that I'm likely to mostly hear same-y figures from others? Or > > if there are options that are significantly cheaper than others, who > > do y'all recommend that I should be talking to? > > > > Note that I'm only talking about the CA component as a standalone > > offering, though I'll observe that with very few exceptions, it also > > doesn't seem like too many vendors are either willing to unbundle the > > CA service from their overall "end-to-end cloud-based SHAKEN" > > products, or if they are, they seemingly don't like to publicize it. > > > > To put my response to this pricing in context, we are a relatively > > small regional broadband provider, and voice is a fraction of a > > fraction of our business. I'd wager just about everyone else here has > > a larger voice subscriber base than we do, and most of you probably > > didn't blink when you saw the price-tag on what it would take to > > become part of the STIR/SHAKEN ecosystem...just the cost of doing > > business, right? > > > > We do have effective CLID anti-spoof already & have since the > > beginning, and as a small provider, we also were *supposed* to have > > another 12 months to get up to speed on all of this and start signing > > calls...at least, that was the case until the FCC moved that timetable > > up in what I can only describe as a Darth Vader-esque "altering [of] > > the deal". We didn't get that memo in December but only about 3ish > > months ago, and it's not like I don't have plenty of other things to > > do, so I'm already coming into this project plenty pissed off... > > > > *sigh* Anyway, I can see that the gate-keepery-ness of this industry > > is still alive and well. Though I can understand wanting to keep out > > the riff-raff, you would think that all of the hurdles that one needs > > to clear in order to get this far -- getting an OCN, on-boarding with > > the STI-PA, etc. -- would be enough without also throwing yet another > > huge mandatory & ongoing expense on top of the pile as well. > > > > Sorry. Didn't mean for this to turn into a rant, but...ugh. > > > > -- > > Nathan Anderson > > First Step Internet, LLC > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > VoiceOps mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > -- Carlos Perez Sansay, Inc. +1 858-754-2216 Direct +1 858-754-2211 Support +1-858-754-2200 Main https://calendly.com/cperez-sansay/30min
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