What made my otherwise-largely-quiescent phone go berserk was joining AARP.
Went from weeks between random telemarketing call to now getting sometimes more than 100 calls before lunchtime. Today, I couldn't hang up on one person offering me Medicare benefits fast enough before another was already beeping on call waiting. :/ Moral of the story? If you retire and join AARP, put your most hated enemy's phone number down instead of yours. :( Matt On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:28 PM Tom Mitchell <tmitch...@netelastic.com> wrote: > I've seen an uptick, but nothing too dramatic. Maybe 4-5 junk calls a day > - mostly afternoon. > > -- Tom > > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 9:57 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > >> Mine exploded since the requirement date. Some mornings I get a dozen >> before lunch. >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 2:33 PM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> 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. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>>
