FCC chairwoman: Fines alone aren't enough (Robocalls)

Mon Oct 3 21:05:23 UTC 2022

On 10/3/22 1:54 PM, Jawaid Bazyar wrote:
> Because it's illegal for common carriers to block traffic otherwise.

Wait, what? It's illegal to police their own users?

Mike

>
> On 10/3/22, 2:53 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Michael Thomas" <nanog-bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband.com at nanog.org on behalf of mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>
>
>      On 10/3/22 1:34 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
>      > 'Fines alone aren't enough:' FCC threatens to blacklist voice
>      > providers for flouting robocall rules
>      >
>      > https://www.cyberscoop.com/fcc-robocall-fine-database-removal/
>      >
>      > [...]
>      > “This is a new era. If a provider doesn’t meet its obligations under
>      > the law, it now faces expulsion from America’s phone networks. Fines
>      > alone aren’t enough,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a
>      > statement accompanying the announcement. “Providers that don’t follow
>      > our rules and make it easy to scam consumers will now face swift
>      > consequences.”
>      >
>      > It’s the first such enforcement action by the agency to reduce the
>      > growing problem of robocalls since call ID verification protocols
>      > known as “STIR/SHAKEN” went fully into effect this summer.
>      > [...]
>
>      Why did we need to wait for STIR/SHAKEN to do this?
>
>      Mike
>