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FCC Chairman Warns of 'Regulatory Intervention' as He Criticizes Carriers' Anti-Robocall Plans (thehill.com)
The Federal Communications Commission will consider "regulatory intervention" if the major telecommunications carriers don't set up a system this year to stop spoofed robocalls, FCC chairman Ajit Pai said Wednesday. "It's time for carriers to implement robust caller ID authentication," Pai said in a statement, noting that some companies have already committed to carrying out protocols, known as the SHAKEN/STIR framework, in 2019. A report adds: Pai sent letters to major wireless carriers in November demanding that they adopt industry-wide frameworks to crackdown on the practice of "spoofing," where robocallers mask a call's origin with a fraudulent number on their caller ID. On Wednesday, the FCC chair followed up with another demand that they implement caller authentication systems this year and a threat over the repercussions if they don't comply. You can read responses from carriers FCC's website.
I think that Ajit Pai doesn't want me to get the back brace support I need, a vacation to Disneyworld, and help me pay off my student loans!
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Wait, are you trying to insinuate that the "wealthy" have their own national phone system completely separate from the rest of us? Staggering. "Hey Bob, new rich guy, yup just hit the 15 million mark. We gotta install all that extra cabling to his house, and plumbing too. Crap! We also have to reprogram another group of servants to never ever ever ever ever ever EVER say a word about any of this. Oh jeez, we also have to train that schmuck on proper Rich Person Telephone Network use. I wonder if anyone let the Rich Person IT department know yet."
The SHAKEN/STIR framework involves sharing Vodka Martinis with the CEOs of various telecoms.
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