[asterisk-biz] ANI

[Jay R. Ashworth]

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
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