FCC proposes $10 Million fine for spoofed robocalls

Fri Dec 20 03:53:06 UTC 2019

On 12/19/19 6:52 PM, Keith Medcalf wrote:
> 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.
>

Surrender Dorthy.

Pathetic.