Small Companies Play Big Role in Robocall Scourge, but Remedies Are Elusive

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The billions of robocalls plaguing Americans are being aided by small telecom carriers. Authorities are at odds over how to stop them.

The billions of illegal robocalls inundating Americans are being facilitated largely by small telecom carriers that transmit calls over the internet, industry officials say, but authorities are at odds over what—if anything—they can do to stop them.

These telecom carriers typically charge fractions of a cent per call, making their money on huge volume. Their outsize role in the robocall scourge has become apparent as large telecom companies get better at tracing robocalls to their source, spurring calls for regulators to...

 

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Wow

This is only in America! We have no such nonsense!

I'm sure we can legislate them out of existence wtf people?

ISPs should provide a switch to users that can block Internet activity from outside the country or from countries that don't control their criminals (i.e. Russia). It wouldn't violate the First Amendment since it would be a user's choice.

Hahahahaha - be serious!

try doing something

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