[dfdub10]

How has nobody mentioned Ajit Pai overturning net neutrality which to me is exactly when the robo calls stopped flossing in. With Net Neutrality in place callers had to get your permission to call. And shocker, you remove oversight and allow free acces to run scams how is anyone surprised robocalls have become a huge issue.

[ncphil]

For landlines we had a Do Not Call Registry, but nothing like that was ever implemented for mobile as far as I know. For me, false or misleading CallerIDs are the most immediate problem. If we required commercial entities to clearly identify themselves in their CallerID (the way many states require commercial vehicles to display their business name and contact info) then we'd have a fair shot of cutting down phone spam through "technical means". Almost all the "landline" (VOIP) calls coming into my house already go to voicemail thanks to around a dozen call treatments I've got in place: but delayed notice of an important call from the proverbial clueless bank or doctor's office with a blank CallerID is a constant risk.

[clowd]

The Do Not Call registry is for mobile numbers too. The problems with the registry are twofold:

- The robocallers DGAF. Many of them are already doing something illegal to start with. The only entities who really seem to be concerned with downloading the registry and scrubbing their call lists are big legitimate corps. Rachel from Cardholder Services just wants to dial as many numbers as possible and isn't going to comply with the law.

- Reporting violations is an effort in futility! A couple years ago I decided to report an idiot who was calling multiple times a day. The form asked for a bunch of information about the call, I filled all of it out, and several weeks later I got a reply from the FTC through postal mail with a dozen printed pages (including my complaint rendered onto their internal paperwork) saying sorry, they didn't have enough information to act.

I get 10+ robocalls a day, I'm not spending my time filling out a form that goes nowhere. It's unfortunate, but the registry has no teeth.

[jffry]

> With Net Neutrality in place callers had to get your permission to call

That's not at all what Net Neutrality is, and its removal as policy wouldn't directly enable more of these spam calls from happening

[willis936]

Interesting take, however your observation is opposite of reality. Can you explain why the number of robocalls have exploded soon after Ajit Pai's policies went into place?