We're talking about blocking other carriers. On 10/3/22, 3:05 PM, "Michael Thomas" <mike@mtcc.com> wrote: On 10/3/22 1:54 PM, Jawaid Bazyar wrote: > Because it's illegal for common carriers to block traffic otherwise. Wait, what? It's illegal to police their own users? Mike > > On 10/3/22, 2:53 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Michael Thomas" <nanog-bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband.com@nanog.org on behalf of mike@mtcc.com> wrote: > > > On 10/3/22 1:34 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > > 'Fines alone aren't enough:' FCC threatens to blacklist voice > > providers for flouting robocall rules > > > > https://www.cyberscoop.com/fcc-robocall-fine-database-removal/ > > > > [...] > > “This is a new era. If a provider doesn’t meet its obligations under > > the law, it now faces expulsion from America’s phone networks. Fines > > alone aren’t enough,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a > > statement accompanying the announcement. “Providers that don’t follow > > our rules and make it easy to scam consumers will now face swift > > consequences.” > > > > It’s the first such enforcement action by the agency to reduce the > > growing problem of robocalls since call ID verification protocols > > known as “STIR/SHAKEN” went fully into effect this summer. > > [...] > > Why did we need to wait for STIR/SHAKEN to do this? > > Mike >