On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Michael Thomas wrote:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-finds-two-providers-failed-fully-implement-...
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
On 2/17/22 11:58 AM, Sean Donelan wrote: that regulatory fiat would have been sufficient too. But that hinges on whether my situation is typical though.
my phone spam is off the scale, and increased sharply just before stir/shaken went into effect. are spammers desperately trying to get their last bites in before their providers start getting shut down? -Dan