Re:FCC orders carriers to stop delivering auto warranty robo...
by zugi on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:05PM
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The title says "ordered" but that doesn't match the article text:
> The FCC said it has authorized all U.S.-based voice service providers to stop carrying traffic from...
Why is this distinction important? The FCC by default requires carriers to put all calls through, and this rule has prevented phone companies from cleaning up the robocalls that have become ubiquitous.
So it's nice that the FCC is finally allowing carriers to clean up a little bit of the robocall problem, but lets be clear about this: this is a problem of the FCC's making that it is only very belatedly allowing carriers to fix.
> The FCC said it has authorized all U.S.-based voice service providers to stop carrying traffic from...
Why is this distinction important? The FCC by default requires carriers to put all calls through, and this rule has prevented phone companies from cleaning up the robocalls that have become ubiquitous.
So it's nice that the FCC is finally allowing carriers to clean up a little bit of the robocall problem, but lets be clear about this: this is a problem of the FCC's making that it is only very belatedly allowing carriers to fix.