On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Michael Thomas wrote:
On 2/17/22 11:58 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-finds-two-providers-failed-fully-implement-stirshaken-0
The Federal Communications Commission today took action to ensure that
voice service providers meet their commitments and obligations to
implement STIR/SHAKEN standards to combat spoofed robocall scams.
Specifically, voice service providers Bandwidth and Vonage lost a partial
exemption from STIR/SHAKEN because they failed to meet STIR/SHAKEN
implementation commitments and have been referred to the FCC’s Enforcement
Bureau for further investigation.
So for probably a year or so before the Stir/Shaken mandate came, I have been
seeing a lot less phone spam. I don't know if that's typical but it was quite
noticeable for me. What that tells me is that providers likely started
clamping down on their shady customers well ahead of the mandate which says
that regulatory fiat would have been sufficient too. But that hinges on
whether my situation is typical though.
my phone spam is off the scale, and increased sharply just before
stir/shaken went into effect. are spammers desperately trying to get their
last bites in before their providers start getting shut down?
-Dan
