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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by simfree on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:12PM (#34570891)
This was due to the 3 big US wireless carrier's colluding to form the Campaign Registry, which is trying to force any business users of SMS to pay a verification fee ($50 iirc) and monthly fees ($ to $$ per month) just so you can send SMS for business reasons, even if it's person to person traffic where your just replying to your clients that texted you.

Had the FCC implemented something like this the rules would be much more consistent and the fee structure would not be so exorbitant, but instead the big 3 have formed a cartel to attempt to control SMS messages in the USA.

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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by andygmb on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:00PM (#34571423)
I would love to know if TCR has actually made a meaningful impact to stop spam.
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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by simfree on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:23PM (#34571678)
Doubtful,it seems spammers just moved to toll free or moved to P2P routes.
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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by btgeekboy on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:33PM (#34575800)
TFNs require registration now too, as of sometime last year.
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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by mshake2 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:18PM (#34571628)
Not to mention TCR just raised (last november) their monthly prices for the starter brand campaign from $0.75 to $2.00 and included a $4.00 setup fee (which was previously $0) for each starter brand. On top of that they added all kinds of additional registration paperwork for the law-abiding SMS sender. It's infuriating how this organization exists to extort legitimate businesses, and yet we still all receive massive amounts of spam.
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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by crabl on Sunday January 29, 2023 @10:56PM (#34575609)
TCR also recently introduced a one-time $15 A2P Campaign use case registration fee for vetting the messaging campaign details.
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Re:FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls by LarryMullins on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:00AM (#34576299)
Sounds like a pretty good idea to me. I wish businesses were banned from sending any sort of SMS ever for any fee, but this is better than nothing.
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