BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

Fri Feb 18 20:24:42 UTC 2022

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Michael Thomas wrote:
> On 2/17/22 11:58 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
>>  https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-finds-two-providers-failed-fully-implement-stirshaken-0 
>>
>>  The Federal Communications Commission today took action to ensure that
>>  voice service providers meet their commitments and obligations to
>>  implement STIR/SHAKEN standards to combat spoofed robocall scams.
>>  Specifically, voice service providers Bandwidth and Vonage lost a partial
>>  exemption from STIR/SHAKEN because they failed to meet STIR/SHAKEN
>>  implementation commitments and have been referred to the FCC’s Enforcement
>>  Bureau for further investigation.
> So for probably a year or so before the Stir/Shaken mandate came, I have been 
> seeing a lot less phone spam. I don't know if that's typical but it was quite 
> noticeable for me. What that tells me is that providers likely started 
> clamping down on their shady customers well ahead of the mandate which says 
> that regulatory fiat would have been sufficient too. But that hinges on 
> whether my situation is typical though.

my phone spam is off the scale, and increased sharply just before 
stir/shaken went into effect. are spammers desperately trying to get their 
last bites in before their providers start getting shut down?

-Dan