Re: Should FCC look at SS7 vulnerabilities or BGP vulnerabilities

[scott via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

On 5/18/24 9:25 PM, Jason Baugher wrote:
> As much as most of us would like to be 100% SIP, it's the big guys
> holding us back with legacy TDM networks and lata tandems. 
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While not a Big Guy, Hawaiian Telcom is actively removing all that old 
equipment because of energy/maint/personnel/etc costs.  It's a lot more 
involved and harder to do than most would think. OAEE - Old Ass 
Equipment Everywhere (-: stops migration.

With HT being a private company, I would find it hard to imagine the 
government saying "Do it now!" without some way of helping finance it. 
It costs initial money to get to the saving money part and the previous 
is what's hard to get done; spending that initial money.

This is a netgeek's outside-looking-in perspective.  I am not voice at all.

scott