On 10/3/22 1:54 PM, Jawaid Bazyar wrote:
Because it's illegal for common carriers to block traffic otherwise.
Wait, what? It's illegal to police their own users?
Mike
On 10/3/22, 2:53 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Michael Thomas"
<nanog-bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband....@nanog.org on behalf of m...@mtcc.com> wrote:
On 10/3/22 1:34 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> 'Fines alone aren't enough:' FCC threatens to blacklist voice
> providers for flouting robocall rules
>
> https://www.cyberscoop.com/fcc-robocall-fine-database-removal/
>
> [...]
> “This is a new era. If a provider doesn’t meet its obligations under
> the law, it now faces expulsion from America’s phone networks. Fines
> alone aren’t enough,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a
> statement accompanying the announcement. “Providers that don’t follow
> our rules and make it easy to scam consumers will now face swift
> consequences.”
>
> It’s the first such enforcement action by the agency to reduce the
> growing problem of robocalls since call ID verification protocols
> known as “STIR/SHAKEN” went fully into effect this summer.
> [...]
Why did we need to wait for STIR/SHAKEN to do this?
Mike
