BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

Tue Feb 22 16:43:03 UTC 2022

I've seen an uptick, but nothing too dramatic.  Maybe 4-5 junk calls a day
- mostly afternoon.

-- Tom

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 9:57 AM Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> Mine exploded since the requirement date.  Some mornings I get a dozen
> before lunch.
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 2:33 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> 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.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/attachments/20220222/78739d2d/attachment.html>