Finally, but why did it take a pandemic to get them to do this?
At 07:14 PM 03/04/2020, Sean Donelan wrote:
>A sternly worded, finger-wagging press release.
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https://secure-web.cisco.com/1LWeqrXLGvJdEBzB1uFe8kj9AI4aQYKo58pr0a7HHabjzZjlUFhbYW9sw_3phNW8RRZcfh4T01zhFWJzwlT5koYKFBC0X9DhlUbUeWJCpcaJDWoGiw4jEvVGWiHMyWhb-DgXaHwKqs4DEaqsgXzJvXllUvcmj0hqGdV7dPWOJjhFPMUEnjT8Grl3W7MQ7A5v1nC1W9_K01pTSV8PsbPRjlTzYrA20dcqjx74JJSmlZDRnMsoPxJoZcH2jQ00PAsRaeGGdnA4EE5KwbCYlUu4M0UhYHkKmOkfjSJjZyBfAALCJQveH8qYnTfkSoI5OzVKm1aapZq23qJsbv8OReeHk8w/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcc.gov%2Fdocument%2Ffcc-ftc-demand-gateway-providers-cut-covid-19-robocall-scammers
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>[...]
>The FCC¢s Enforcement Bureau and FTC¢s Bureau of
>Consumer Protection wrote to three gateway
>providers that are facilitating these scam
>COVID-19-related robocalls: SIPJoin of Suffolk,
>Virginia; Connexum of Orange, California; and
>VoIP Terminator/BLMarketing of Lake Mary,
>Florida. The companies have been identified by
>the Traceback Group, a consortium of phone
>companies that help officials track down suspect
>calls, managed by the trade association
>USTelecom. The Commissions also wrote to
>USTelecom to ask its members to begin blocking
>calls from these providers if the flood of
>robocalls is not cut off within 48 hours.
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