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thewaynePart of the reason why cell providers DIDN'T do this is they made money off of our pain. They claimed that blocking the service would violate FCC regulations. Well, they no longer have that claim.
From the FCC press release:
"The Commission approved a Declaratory Ruling to affirm that voice service providers may, as the default, block unwanted calls based on reasonable call analytics, as long as their customers are informed and have the opportunity to opt out of the blocking.
...
The ruling also clarifies that providers may offer their customers the choice to opt-in to tools that block calls from any number that does not appear on a customer’s contact list or other “white lists.” This option would allow consumers to decide directly whose calls they are willing to receive. Consumer white lists could be based on the customer’s own contact list, updated automatically as consumers add and remove contacts from their smartphones."
A troubling bit, also from The Verge article:
"Importantly, the new rule does not require carriers to turn on robocall blocking by default, and it doesn’t mandate that any such services have to be free. Chairman Pai’s official statement on the vote does not say anything about the services being free, but Commissioner Starks issued a statement today saying he does expect these services to be free. “Providers who implement these services will save billions of dollars as network capacity is freed up,” he said. “I would have serious concerns with a carrier that includes a line item on consumers’ bills or otherwise charges them for these services.”
We’ll see — carriers can’t resist a fee."
From the Slashdot summary: "In an op-ed published on USA Today, Pai said, "I hate robocalls as much as you do." He added, "If Americans can agree on anything these days, it's that they're fed up with robocalls. The scam calls. The calls from foreign countries at 2 a.m. The deceptive caller ID 'spoofing,' which happens when a caller falsifies caller ID information to make it look as if they're calling from your area code.""
For my wife and I, we receive more robocalls and spam than real phone calls!
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655334/robocalls-blocked-default-carrier-providers-fcc-ajit-pai
https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/06/06/1720209/robocalls-can-now-get-blocked-by-your-carrier-by-default
From the FCC press release:
"The Commission approved a Declaratory Ruling to affirm that voice service providers may, as the default, block unwanted calls based on reasonable call analytics, as long as their customers are informed and have the opportunity to opt out of the blocking.
...
The ruling also clarifies that providers may offer their customers the choice to opt-in to tools that block calls from any number that does not appear on a customer’s contact list or other “white lists.” This option would allow consumers to decide directly whose calls they are willing to receive. Consumer white lists could be based on the customer’s own contact list, updated automatically as consumers add and remove contacts from their smartphones."
A troubling bit, also from The Verge article:
"Importantly, the new rule does not require carriers to turn on robocall blocking by default, and it doesn’t mandate that any such services have to be free. Chairman Pai’s official statement on the vote does not say anything about the services being free, but Commissioner Starks issued a statement today saying he does expect these services to be free. “Providers who implement these services will save billions of dollars as network capacity is freed up,” he said. “I would have serious concerns with a carrier that includes a line item on consumers’ bills or otherwise charges them for these services.”
We’ll see — carriers can’t resist a fee."
From the Slashdot summary: "In an op-ed published on USA Today, Pai said, "I hate robocalls as much as you do." He added, "If Americans can agree on anything these days, it's that they're fed up with robocalls. The scam calls. The calls from foreign countries at 2 a.m. The deceptive caller ID 'spoofing,' which happens when a caller falsifies caller ID information to make it look as if they're calling from your area code.""
For my wife and I, we receive more robocalls and spam than real phone calls!
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655334/robocalls-blocked-default-carrier-providers-fcc-ajit-pai
https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/06/06/1720209/robocalls-can-now-get-blocked-by-your-carrier-by-default
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Date: 2019-06-07 09:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-07 02:18 pm (UTC)Now THAT is one heck of an entrepreneurial idea! Love it!
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Date: 2019-06-09 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-09 06:12 am (UTC)Yeah, we're among those who cannot jump carriers. No one else has reliable cell coverage in the mountains except Verizon. Supposedly their spam blocker was going to become free later this year, we'll see what happens.
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Date: 2019-06-09 06:52 am (UTC)