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

Mon Oct 3 22:13:08 UTC 2022

We're talking about blocking other carriers.

On 10/3/22, 3:05 PM, "Michael Thomas" <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:

    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
    >