AT&T CEO Interrupted By a Robocall During a Live Interview (theverge.com)

At an Economic Club event in Washington, DC today, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was interrupted on stage by a robocall, pausing an interview in front of dozens of people and driving home that absolutely no one is safe from the spam epidemic. From a report: Over the past few months, regulators at the Federal Communications Commission have been feeling the pressure from lawmakers and consumers who are urging them to put an end to the relentless onslaught of robocalls people receive every day. Last year, consumers received over 26.3 billion of these scammy calls and the problem only appears to be getting worse. "I'm getting a robocall, too," Stephenson said during the Economic Club event, ultimately declining the call on his Apple Watch. "It's literally a robocall."

Comments

Shenanigans!!!

[Major_Disorder]

I'm calling it. Who wouldn't shut off their phone ringer while doing an interview? BS, pure unadulterated BS.

Re: Caller ID is a joke

[Anonymous Coward]

When people pull those "swat" pranks, they are spoofing their number so it appears they are at the house they are swatting.

Guess what, some people have died from this.

Re:Anyone else had FEWER calls last 2 weeks?

[gweihir]

I have had none this year and one last year. Unsolicited commercial call, that is. Robo-calls I never had a single one in my life. Of course, here the robo-caller pays a $50'000 fine per incident and repeat offenders may go to prison. Europe is a bit ahead of the US in these matters.