CRTC USF email: reframe to 'run your whole VoIP as a Canadian carrier'
Pivot from the hedge/second-entity framing to the consolidation pitch: one CRTC carrier as the home base, nexus in Canada, customers onboarded from anywhere. Lead value props with the three concrete reseller realities: - No FCC reporting (no 499-A/Q, no RMD recert) - No USAC/USF on your revenue (contribution sits upstream) - No STIR/SHAKEN to set up or run (reseller can't get a US token; upstream signs) Add: No FCC Section 214 / no ongoing 214 burden -- CRTC BITS is a cheap, low-burden notification by comparison. Header/subject reworked; keeps the honest US-termination + upstream-signing explanation.
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@ -72,49 +72,42 @@ def build_body():
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return (
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P("Hi {{ .Subscriber.FirstName }},")
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+ P("If you contribute to the federal Universal Service Fund, your Q3 number just went up again.")
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+ bq("The FCC has set the <strong>Q3 2026 USF contribution factor at 38.8%</strong> — up from 37.0% in Q2, and effective July 1. That is the rate you remit on the interstate and international end-user revenue you report on your 499.")
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+ P("38.8% is near the highest the factor has ever been. A decade ago it sat in the mid-teens. For a small or mid-size US carrier, that is a steadily rising tax on every interstate dollar you bill — on top of everything else the FCC requires.")
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+ bq("The FCC has set the <strong>Q3 2026 USF contribution factor at 38.8%</strong> — up from 37.0% in Q2, and effective July 1. That is the rate US carriers remit on the interstate and international end-user revenue they report on the 499.")
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+ stats(
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("38.8%", "Q3 2026 USF<br>contribution factor"),
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("+1.8 pts", "increase over<br>Q2 (37.0%)"),
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("Jul 1", "effective date<br>(FCC DA-26-546A1)"),
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)
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+ H2("The US carrier burden, in one place.")
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+ P("USF is just the line item that moved this quarter. The full load a registered US carrier carries:")
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+ P("38.8% is near the highest the factor has ever been — a decade ago it sat in the mid-teens. And USF is just one line on a long list. Here is the full load a US-registered voice provider carries today:")
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+ UL(
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"<strong>USF contributions</strong> — now 38.8% of interstate/international end-user revenue, filed and remitted via the 499",
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"<strong>Photo-ID “Know Your Customer” rules</strong> — under the FCC’s 2025 Robocall Mitigation Order, you must collect and authenticate a <strong>government-issued photo ID</strong> for every new customer before you can turn up their phone service",
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"<strong>USF contributions</strong> — 38.8% of interstate/international end-user revenue, filed and remitted to USAC via the 499",
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"<strong>FCC Form 499-A / 499-Q</strong> — annual and quarterly revenue filings, with true-ups and audit exposure",
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"<strong>Robocall Mitigation Database</strong> — annual recertification; miss it and your traffic gets blocked",
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"<strong>STIR/SHAKEN</strong> — call-authentication implementation and ongoing attestation",
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"<strong>CALEA</strong> — lawful-intercept capability, SSI filing, and the cost of a compliant solution",
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"<strong>Section 214 + Team Telecom</strong> — for international service, with national-security review that can stall financings and M&A",
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"<strong>State PUC registrations</strong> and <strong>FCC regulatory fees</strong> on top of the federal load",
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"<strong>STIR/SHAKEN</strong> — standing up and running your own call-authentication / signing posture",
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"<strong>Photo-ID “Know Your Customer” rules</strong> — under the FCC’s 2025 Robocall Mitigation Order, collecting and authenticating a government-issued photo ID for every new customer before you turn up service",
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"<strong>CALEA</strong> — lawful-intercept capability and SSI filing",
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"<strong>Section 214 + Team Telecom, state PUC registrations, FCC regulatory fees</strong> — on top of all of the above",
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)
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+ H2("Why smaller carriers are standing up a Canadian operation.")
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+ P("A CRTC-registered Canadian carrier is a separate legal entity in a separate regulatory jurisdiction. For the voice traffic you move there, the US compliance stack simply does not apply:")
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+ H2("The idea: run your whole VoIP business as a Canadian carrier.")
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+ P("Not a side entity or a backup — your actual home base. You set up one CRTC-registered Canadian carrier, put your customers on it <strong>from anywhere</strong> (US, Canada, or international), and your nexus — the carrier of record, your billing, banking, contracts, and regulatory home — sits in Canada.")
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+ bq("As a Canadian reseller you don’t report to the FCC, you don’t tax your customers for USAC, and there is no STIR/SHAKEN program for you to build and operate. Those obligations live with the upstream wholesale carriers you buy from — not with you.")
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+ H2("What that means in practice.")
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+ UL(
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"<strong>No USF.</strong> Canada funds its contribution program differently — there is no 38.8% factor on your Canadian carrier’s revenue",
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"<strong>No Robocall Mitigation Database recert</strong> and <strong>no FCC 499</strong> for the Canadian entity",
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"<strong>No FCC photo-ID mandate.</strong> The FCC’s government-ID “Know Your Customer” rule does not apply to your Canadian carrier’s customers",
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"<strong>No CALEA mandate</strong> in the US sense — lawful-intercept obligations are far lighter and cheaper",
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"<strong>No Section 214 / Team Telecom</strong> — CRTC registration is a notification, not an application with a national-security review",
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"<strong>Same +1 country code.</strong> Your customers dial exactly the same way — nothing changes on their end",
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"<strong>US numbers still work.</strong> Several Canadian wholesale carriers provision <strong>US DIDs</strong> to CRTC-registered carriers, so you can keep serving US customers from your Canadian entity — see the free guide below for which vendors offer them",
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"<strong>A clean second jurisdiction</strong> — an FCC enforcement action against your US entity does not reach a Canadian corporation",
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"<strong>No FCC reporting.</strong> A Canadian reseller that isn’t an FCC-registered carrier has nothing to file with the FCC — no 499-A, no 499-Q, no RMD recertification",
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"<strong>No USAC/USF on your revenue.</strong> You don’t register with USAC or remit the 38.8% contribution — that obligation sits upstream, not on your customer billing",
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"<strong>No STIR/SHAKEN to set up or run.</strong> A reseller can’t even be issued a US signing token — the upstream carrier that owns the numbers signs the calls. There is no authentication program for you to stand up, certify, or maintain",
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"<strong>No FCC photo-ID mandate</strong> and <strong>no CALEA build-out</strong> in the US sense for your Canadian entity",
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"<strong>No FCC Section 214, no ongoing 214 burden.</strong> Where the FCC requires an international Section 214 authorization (with Team Telecom review and continuing obligations), the CRTC equivalent — a BITS registration — is a simple, low-cost notification with no ongoing 214-style burden",
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"<strong>Customers from anywhere.</strong> Onboard US, Canadian, or international customers onto one Canadian carrier — same +1 dialing, nothing changes on their end",
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"<strong>US numbers still work.</strong> Several Canadian wholesale carriers provision <strong>US DIDs</strong> to CRTC-registered carriers, so you can serve US customers directly — the free guide below lists which ones",
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"<strong>One clean jurisdiction.</strong> Your carrier of record, banking, and contracts all sit in Canada — outside the FCC’s reach",
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)
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+ bq("You do not give up your US business. You add a Canadian carrier alongside it — for the voice traffic that doesn’t need to sit under the FCC, and for the Canadian market you can now sell into.")
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+ H2("“But how do I terminate to the US, and what about STIR/SHAKEN?”")
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+ P("This is the first question every carrier asks, so here is the straight answer.")
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+ UL(
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"<strong>US termination is routine.</strong> Many US-based long-distance termination operators and wholesale carriers actively accept traffic from Canadian carriers — cross-border voice is one of the most common interconnects there is. You hand off your US-bound traffic to a US termination partner exactly like a US carrier does.",
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"<strong>STIR/SHAKEN is handled by your upstream US-number provider — not something you stand up yourself.</strong> The US signing certificate (the SPC token from the US policy administrator) is only issued to US carriers, so a Canadian reseller doesn’t run its own. Instead, the US wholesale carrier that assigns you the US DIDs signs those calls on the way out — the same way the vast majority of small US carriers already rely on an upstream provider to sign for them.",
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"<strong>Your Canadian-origin traffic falls under the CRTC’s STIR/SHAKEN regime</strong>, which is lighter in practice for a small carrier — and is typically handled by the upstream Canadian carrier providing your trunking and numbers.",
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)
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+ P("Net effect: you keep terminating to the US and your calls stay properly attested — but the heavy FCC compliance stack (USF, 499, RMD, photo-ID KYC) sits with the upstream providers and your US entity, not your day-to-day operation. The free guide below lists which Canadian carriers provision US DIDs and handle the signing.")
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+ H2("“How do I terminate to the US then?”")
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+ P("Routinely. Many US-based long-distance termination operators and wholesale carriers actively accept traffic from Canadian carriers — cross-border voice is one of the most common interconnects there is. You buy US numbers and US termination from a wholesale partner, and they handle the US-side STIR/SHAKEN signing on the way out — exactly how the vast majority of small carriers already rely on an upstream provider to sign for them. Your Canadian-origin traffic falls under the CRTC’s lighter regime, handled by your Canadian trunking provider.")
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+ P("The point: the heavy US compliance stack — USF, the 499s, the RMD, photo-ID KYC, the signing certificates — rides on the upstream wholesale carriers, not on your day-to-day operation.")
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+ H2("What we set up — turnkey, in 6–10 weeks.")
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+ UL(
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"Incorporation in <strong>British Columbia or Ontario</strong> — a separate legal entity from your US company",
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"Incorporation in <strong>British Columbia or Ontario</strong> — your Canadian carrier entity",
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"<strong>CRTC registration</strong> (domestic reseller + BITS international authorization)",
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"Canadian DID provisioned under your new carrier identity",
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"Virtual registered office, <strong>.ca domain</strong> + up to 14 email addresses",
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+ coupon_banner()
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+ cta("Start your Canadian carrier setup — $200 off →", ORDER_URL)
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+ guide_block()
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+ PS(f"Questions about how the Canadian structure would work for your traffic? {CONTACT}. The {CODE} discount is good through Friday at 11:59pm ET.")
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+ PS(f"Questions about moving your VoIP onto a Canadian carrier? {CONTACT}. The {CODE} discount is good through Friday at 11:59pm ET.")
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+ P("— Performance West")
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)
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ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
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ap.add_argument("--test", action="store_true", help="create against a test list id (env CRTC_TEST_LIST) instead of list 3")
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ap.add_argument("--name", default="CRTC USF Q3 \u2014 38.8% increase + $200 off (CANADA200)")
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ap.add_argument("--subject", default="USF jumps to 38.8% in Q3 \u2014 here\u2019s the Canadian alternative ($200 off)")
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ap.add_argument("--subject", default="USF jumps to 38.8% \u2014 run your VoIP as a Canadian carrier instead ($200 off)")
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args = ap.parse_args()
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lists = [int(os.getenv("CRTC_TEST_LIST", "0"))] if args.test else [LIST_ID]
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body = assemble(
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hdr(
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"USF Increase \u2014 Q3 2026",
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"USF just hit 38.8%.<br>There’s a Canadian alternative.",
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"The federal contribution factor rose again, effective July 1",
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"USF just hit 38.8%.<br>Run your VoIP as a Canadian carrier.",
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"One CRTC carrier, nexus in Canada, customers from anywhere",
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),
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flagbar(
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"US carrier \u2014 38.8% USF + the full FCC stack",
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"Canadian CRTC carrier \u2014 no USF, separate jurisdiction",
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"Canadian carrier \u2014 no FCC reporting, no USAC, no S/S to run",
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),
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build_body(),
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ftr(""),
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