I ended up using VoIP for both my cellular and landline connections. I would recommend it for the latter, but not the former.
When WiFi and 3G signals are thrown into the mix, real-time communications go south fast...
To STIR/SHAKEN's credit, however, the only spam calls I've received go to the cellular number assigned to the SIM card I have that is purely for data (so I can make those VoIP calls outside of home wifi range)
Agreed. VoLTE is VoIP anyway, so there's not a lot of drawbacks relative to changing out a circuit switched landline. I believe at least in the US as well, STIR/Shaken is being implemented on circuit switched networks.
How do we protect SMS? I’m kind of confused but I understand I guess why it wasn’t also addressed in the initial rollout… does STIR/SHAKEN even allow for SMS authentication?
I guess you could keep your phone number by porting it and get the call spoof protection?
I guess I should drop my old skool Bell Canada landline in favour of a VOIP line...
[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications...