BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

Fri Feb 25 03:40:05 UTC 2022

What made my otherwise-largely-quiescent phone go
berserk was joining AARP.

Went from weeks between random telemarketing call to
now getting sometimes more than 100 calls before
lunchtime.  Today, I couldn't hang up on one person
offering me Medicare benefits fast enough before
another was already beeping on call waiting.  :/

Moral of the story?

If you retire and join AARP, put your most hated
enemy's phone number down instead of yours.  :(

Matt

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:28 PM Tom Mitchell <tmitchell at netelastic.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
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