Spam/blocked calls, gov't help

[mlitt55]

Morning,

Has Ooma submitted any of their records to our gov officials concerning too many spam/robo's/etc ?
This company has a unique position, along with other internet phone company's, to inform our legislators to the sheer quantity of robocalls.

It wouldn't take one of your database admin's to extract the quantity of BLOCKED calls, for each Ooma phone number in it's database. The power of seeing how many actual Ooma users, are blocking numbers on a daily basis, should get someones attention. Combine this with other internet web/phone company's and you have a powerful lobby influence forming.

Each of our legitimate numbers could be partially randomized (hidden), then the blocked numbers could be submitted for gov't blocking or internet company blocking. The admin's could also just compare the blocked numbers, and if any are over... say 50... these are common blocked numbers. Probably what you do now.

I would like to hear what Ooma, as a company, is doing on this subject.

-Mark

[TonyW]

The gov't is aware.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-issues ... -robocalls

"Some private analyses estimate that U.S. consumers received nearly 4 billion robocalls per month in 2018."

https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initi ... s-spoofing

"The FCC voted today to give phone carriers the power to block robocalls by default, but the ruling doesn't require the carriers to do this for free."

"According to Pai, carriers should begin rolling out improved call-filtering systems to stop the robocalls later this year. The filtering will use what's called the "SHAKEN/STIR framework," an industry standard that can better identify spoofed calls before they reach the consumer. Pai has urged all carriers to implement the SHAKEN/STIR framework by this year or face potential regulatory action."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/368850/fcc-l ... by-default

I've yet to see a statement from Ooma, but let's see how it goes.