FCC proposes $10 Million fine for spoofed robocalls

Fri Dec 20 02:52:08 UTC 2019

On Thursday, 19 December, 2019 19:07, Valdis Kletnieks <valdis at vt.edu>
wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:02:42 -0700, "Keith Medcalf" said:

>> That stupid people do stupid things has no bearing on me.  If there
is
>> a legal requirement for these people to be "notifying" then they are
>> required to notify.

>> I do not want to receive robocalls period.  End of Line.  No
Exception.
>> Ever.  For any reason.

> So... what do you recommend if it's a legally mandated robocall that
> says "shelter in place - active shooter" or "tornado alert"?

Then they can pay for the phone line to be used for that purpose.  I
will rent them the space necessary to house the phone and its
accoutrements, but I will not guantee that I will ever answer it.  That
will cost my usual rate of $750.00 per hour, with a four hour minimum,
paid in advance.  If whomever did the "legally mandating" failed to
account for the cost of their "mandating" that is not my problem.

If I am paying for the phone line then I get to choose what calls I will
accept.

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