Re: BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

Can confirm this. ( Except it was my dad who joined AARP, and we share the
same name. Apparently most telemarketer databases don't quite deal with
suffixes in names that well!)

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:41 PM Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>
wrote:

> 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 <tmitchell () 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 <josh () 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 <mike () 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