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