BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

Fri Feb 25 18:18:19 UTC 2022

There is a company First Orion that does some surveys and reports on such
things: https://firstorion.com/2021-scam-call-trends/
*Brandon Svec*

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 1:58 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:

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> On 2/20/22 9:56 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
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> Mine exploded since the requirement date.  Some mornings I get a dozen
> before lunch.
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> So our anecdotes don't agree :) I know, maybe we should find out somebody
> who's doing research on this?
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> Does anybody know how this is being tracked for real?
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> Mike
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> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 2:33 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
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>> On 2/17/22 11:58 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-finds-two-providers-failed-fully-implement-stirshaken-0
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>> > 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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