diff --git a/scripts/workers/create_crtc_usf_campaign.py b/scripts/workers/create_crtc_usf_campaign.py index 34e7751..74843da 100644 --- a/scripts/workers/create_crtc_usf_campaign.py +++ b/scripts/workers/create_crtc_usf_campaign.py @@ -72,49 +72,42 @@ def build_body(): return ( P("Hi {{ .Subscriber.FirstName }},") + P("If you contribute to the federal Universal Service Fund, your Q3 number just went up again.") - + bq("The FCC has set the Q3 2026 USF contribution factor at 38.8% — 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.") - + 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.") + + bq("The FCC has set the Q3 2026 USF contribution factor at 38.8% — 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.") + stats( ("38.8%", "Q3 2026 USF
contribution factor"), ("+1.8 pts", "increase over
Q2 (37.0%)"), ("Jul 1", "effective date
(FCC DA-26-546A1)"), ) - + H2("The US carrier burden, in one place.") - + P("USF is just the line item that moved this quarter. The full load a registered US carrier carries:") + + 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:") + UL( - "USF contributions — now 38.8% of interstate/international end-user revenue, filed and remitted via the 499", - "Photo-ID “Know Your Customer” rules — under the FCC’s 2025 Robocall Mitigation Order, you must collect and authenticate a government-issued photo ID for every new customer before you can turn up their phone service", + "USF contributions — 38.8% of interstate/international end-user revenue, filed and remitted to USAC via the 499", "FCC Form 499-A / 499-Q — annual and quarterly revenue filings, with true-ups and audit exposure", "Robocall Mitigation Database — annual recertification; miss it and your traffic gets blocked", - "STIR/SHAKEN — call-authentication implementation and ongoing attestation", - "CALEA — lawful-intercept capability, SSI filing, and the cost of a compliant solution", - "Section 214 + Team Telecom — for international service, with national-security review that can stall financings and M&A", - "State PUC registrations and FCC regulatory fees on top of the federal load", + "STIR/SHAKEN — standing up and running your own call-authentication / signing posture", + "Photo-ID “Know Your Customer” rules — 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", + "CALEA — lawful-intercept capability and SSI filing", + "Section 214 + Team Telecom, state PUC registrations, FCC regulatory fees — on top of all of the above", ) - + H2("Why smaller carriers are standing up a Canadian operation.") - + 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:") + + H2("The idea: run your whole VoIP business as a Canadian carrier.") + + 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 from anywhere (US, Canada, or international), and your nexus — the carrier of record, your billing, banking, contracts, and regulatory home — sits in Canada.") + + 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.") + + H2("What that means in practice.") + UL( - "No USF. Canada funds its contribution program differently — there is no 38.8% factor on your Canadian carrier’s revenue", - "No Robocall Mitigation Database recert and no FCC 499 for the Canadian entity", - "No FCC photo-ID mandate. The FCC’s government-ID “Know Your Customer” rule does not apply to your Canadian carrier’s customers", - "No CALEA mandate in the US sense — lawful-intercept obligations are far lighter and cheaper", - "No Section 214 / Team Telecom — CRTC registration is a notification, not an application with a national-security review", - "Same +1 country code. Your customers dial exactly the same way — nothing changes on their end", - "US numbers still work. Several Canadian wholesale carriers provision US DIDs 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", - "A clean second jurisdiction — an FCC enforcement action against your US entity does not reach a Canadian corporation", + "No FCC reporting. 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", + "No USAC/USF on your revenue. You don’t register with USAC or remit the 38.8% contribution — that obligation sits upstream, not on your customer billing", + "No STIR/SHAKEN to set up or run. 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", + "No FCC photo-ID mandate and no CALEA build-out in the US sense for your Canadian entity", + "No FCC Section 214, no ongoing 214 burden. 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", + "Customers from anywhere. Onboard US, Canadian, or international customers onto one Canadian carrier — same +1 dialing, nothing changes on their end", + "US numbers still work. Several Canadian wholesale carriers provision US DIDs to CRTC-registered carriers, so you can serve US customers directly — the free guide below lists which ones", + "One clean jurisdiction. Your carrier of record, banking, and contracts all sit in Canada — outside the FCC’s reach", ) - + 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.") - + H2("“But how do I terminate to the US, and what about STIR/SHAKEN?”") - + P("This is the first question every carrier asks, so here is the straight answer.") - + UL( - "US termination is routine. 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.", - "STIR/SHAKEN is handled by your upstream US-number provider — not something you stand up yourself. 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.", - "Your Canadian-origin traffic falls under the CRTC’s STIR/SHAKEN regime, which is lighter in practice for a small carrier — and is typically handled by the upstream Canadian carrier providing your trunking and numbers.", - ) - + 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.") + + H2("“How do I terminate to the US then?”") + + 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.") + + 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.") + H2("What we set up — turnkey, in 6–10 weeks.") + UL( - "Incorporation in British Columbia or Ontario — a separate legal entity from your US company", + "Incorporation in British Columbia or Ontario — your Canadian carrier entity", "CRTC registration (domestic reseller + BITS international authorization)", "Canadian DID provisioned under your new carrier identity", "Virtual registered office, .ca domain + up to 14 email addresses", @@ -123,7 +116,7 @@ def build_body(): + coupon_banner() + cta("Start your Canadian carrier setup — $200 off →", ORDER_URL) + guide_block() - + 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.") + + PS(f"Questions about moving your VoIP onto a Canadian carrier? {CONTACT}. The {CODE} discount is good through Friday at 11:59pm ET.") + P("— Performance West") ) @@ -132,7 +125,7 @@ def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--test", action="store_true", help="create against a test list id (env CRTC_TEST_LIST) instead of list 3") ap.add_argument("--name", default="CRTC USF Q3 \u2014 38.8% increase + $200 off (CANADA200)") - ap.add_argument("--subject", default="USF jumps to 38.8% in Q3 \u2014 here\u2019s the Canadian alternative ($200 off)") + ap.add_argument("--subject", default="USF jumps to 38.8% \u2014 run your VoIP as a Canadian carrier instead ($200 off)") args = ap.parse_args() lists = [int(os.getenv("CRTC_TEST_LIST", "0"))] if args.test else [LIST_ID] @@ -143,12 +136,12 @@ def main(): body = assemble( hdr( "USF Increase \u2014 Q3 2026", - "USF just hit 38.8%.
There’s a Canadian alternative.", - "The federal contribution factor rose again, effective July 1", + "USF just hit 38.8%.
Run your VoIP as a Canadian carrier.", + "One CRTC carrier, nexus in Canada, customers from anywhere", ), flagbar( "US carrier \u2014 38.8% USF + the full FCC stack", - "Canadian CRTC carrier \u2014 no USF, separate jurisdiction", + "Canadian carrier \u2014 no FCC reporting, no USAC, no S/S to run", ), build_body(), ftr(""),