Re Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Verizon wants $2.99 per month


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> From: Dan Skwire <dskwire () mindspring com>
> Date: April 25, 2018 at 11:40:34 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM?
>
> Hello Peter et al,
>
> I just found this: 
> https://m.nasdaq.com/press-release/spam-verizon-gives-you-a-new-tool-to-avoid-those-pesky-robocalls-with-new-caller-id-feature-20180416-00638
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Skwire
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> > On Apr 25, 2018, at 11:14 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Peter Capek <peter.capek () gmail com>
> > > Date: April 25, 2018 at 10:21:14 AM EDT
> > > To: Dave Farber - IP <farber () gmail com>
> > > Subject: Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM?
> > > Reply-To: capek () ieee org
> > >
> > > For IP...
> > >
> > > I get my home "landline" service through Verizon FiOS.   I've noticed that for about 2 weeks now,
> > > the caller ID on many incoming calls starts with "SPAM?".   It seems that Verizon is tagging calls
> > > which it thinks are sales or other solicitations to alert the receiver.   So far, it's been pretty accurate:
> > > no false positives, and I believe only one call which I'd consider spam was not so tagged.
> > >
> > > I was unable to find anything on Verizon's web site about this, nor was I notified.  I'd be interested
> > > to know how they're deciding that a call is spam.  An interesting side-effect is that I can scroll through
> > > my caller ID history and get an objective measure of the fraction of calls which are evil.   It's close to 
> > > half.   Maybe we can look forward to a service to block these calls instead of merely labeling them.
> > >
> > >                  Peter Capek
> >
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