Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:

>> I'm not talking about anything that one person would buy, but a GBFO fat
>> pipe to deliver phone calls to openreach/BT exchanges ... the sort of
>> thing that would have been SS7 ... maybe still would be?
>
> Openreach have no exchanges.
> BT is one of many phone providers. Wholesale, as was, also provide
> phone services to other CSPs. But, again, under what law would they
> intercept calls being delivered for one of those CSPS.
>
> The Government are busy "stopping the boats" so there is no time for
> this sort of legislation. And how would the government fund it?

Nobody's talking about government interception of calls, the termination
charges are related to the the commercial handover of calls between
providers, no?

On 16 Dec 2023 14:40, Andy Burns wrote:
> Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
>
>>> I'm not talking about anything that one person would buy, but a GBFO fat
>>> pipe to deliver phone calls to openreach/BT exchanges ... the sort of
>>> thing that would have been SS7 ... maybe still would be?
>>
>> Openreach have no exchanges.
>> BT is one of many phone providers. Wholesale, as was, also provide
>> phone services to other CSPs. But, again, under what law would they
>> intercept calls being delivered for one of those CSPS.
>>
>> The Government are busy "stopping the boats" so there is no time for
>> this sort of legislation. And how would the government fund it?
>
> Nobody's talking about government interception of calls, the termination
> charges are related to the the commercial handover of calls between
> providers, no?

The original OP suggested that "BT" intercept calls that meet certain
criteria so they don't get through.

To achieve the stated aim would require all CSPs to partake. To make
that happen would require legislation. Now it could be secondary but
that still requires time.