Re: FCC proposes $10 Million fine for spoofed robocalls

[Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz () sctcweb com>]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 3:15 PM <bzs () theworld com> wrote:
> They should be fining the telcos, they're making a lot of money on
> these calls.
>
> And if you believe otherwise (e.g., that it's like email spam) you've
> been duped by telco PR.
>
> Unlike spam when was the last time a telco failed to bill you for a
> billable phone call? Never.
>
> They know exactly who is using their system. And they get paid for
> it. And these junk callers are making millions of calls per hour when
> they're active.
>
> The entire telco infrastructure has been described as a billing system
> with some added voice features.
>
> Try devising a box which makes millions of voice calls per hour and
> see how long it takes before you're stopped dead until you agree to
> pay the telcos for those calls, or get arrested.
>
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The sending telco may, but the receiving Teclco? Not necessarily - and
it's annoying to us too. A lot of this should seemingly be fixable at
the tandem.

-- 
Jeff Shultz

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