FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan didn’t work out

Re:FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan ... by jpistell on Friday March 06, 2020 @05:38PM (#22508026)

> Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman "proposed a major step forward... to protect consumers against spoofed robocalls." But in reality the FCC was ordered by Congress and President Trump to implement this new rule.

This process should have begun years ago. What the hell is Ajit pai doing?

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Re:FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan ... by bediger4000 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @12:02AM (#22509841)

I suspect there's a certain amount of... emoluments... changing hands over robocalls. There's no way something the scale of call-every-North American-number sequentially robocallers aren't noticeable, trackable and stopable. I get between 2 and 7 robocalls a day, and I have for more than 5 years. The robocallers are on the verge of ruining the phone system for human communication, the same way Sanford Wallace ruined faxing, and spammers ruined email.

Someone's getting paid off. And it's not on the scale of a couple of rounds of bikini golf with 20-something junior marketers, either.

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Re:FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan ... by JohnFen on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:07PM (#22508224)

> What the hell is Ajit pai doing?

Everything he can to protect the telecoms and their profits.

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