How? The telcos gather call data from subscribers to calculate bills. The telcos do this whether they are retailers or wholesalers of transmission capacity. A simple analysis of call data will show those subscribers or lines that fall outside a normal distribution of call volumes. Refer those outside the norm to the regulators. Job done.There are privacy issues.
deregulation meant anyone could become a carrier, and the FCC laws that effectively protect the privacy of you as a phone user are equally capable of protecting bad actors, as well. As a result, caller ID is meaningless yet still relied on, which makes it easy for scammers to exploit.
So, why don't the carriers just stop them?
"Carriers don't shut it down unless it's absolutely positively proven to be illegal," said Alex Quilici, the CEO of YouMail, another spam blocker app.
Carriers want to move calls around, not actively regulate the calls. The reasoning is clear: if a debt collector robocalls someone, while the recipient may consider that a nuisance, it's absolutely legal. They want to stay out of it.
they began to go after the gateway carriers that bring the calls onshore, and the individuals who make the software that enables illegal robocalling. This is where they have had considerable success lately.
Take the gateway carriers later involved when the agencies cracked down on illegal coronavirus-related telemarketing in April and May of last year. According to the FTC and FCC, the calls were promoting bogus free test kits and HVAC cleaning services, targeting desperate Americans amid the initial uncertainty of the pandemic. Those robocalls were originated, according to the agencies, by two companies called VoIPMax in The Philippines and Oberlo Peer BPO in Pakistan. Their action targeted three gateway providers — SIP Join of Virginia, Connexum of California, and VoIP Terminator of Florida — who the feds said got those calls into the US and into the phone system.
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