US carriers haven’t been doing enough to block robocalls voluntarily. The Federal Communications Commission’s response? Fine – we’ll make you.
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Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day
According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.
FCC underwhelmed by carriers’ sluggish robocall efforts
The FCC in June called for carriers to provide free, default robocall blocking services. One month later, plans are “far from clear.”
Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts
By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see an anti-robocall system on consumers’ phones – or else.