Monty Solomon posted:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/how-robo-call-moguls-outwitted-the-government-and-completely-wrecked-the-do-not-call-list/2018/01/09/52c769b6-df7a-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html
Almost the opposite of the net neutrality problem:
To prevent spam phone calls, the phone companies themselves can't do much.
Companies are not allowed to filter out calls. (The government could start
throwing perpetrators in prison, and maybe they'd eventually get their come to
Jesus moment.) It should be feasible enough, though, to market filters that
only allow through the phone numbers a household wants to accept. A "white
list," in short. Hey, it's better than just shutting off the ringer altogether.
On the other side of the coin, the net neutrality fiasco is that a corrupted
government official wants to allow the local monopoly service companies to have
free rein. Go right on ahead, block, throttle, to your heart's content. It's
"innovative."
It is obvious that preventing bad behavior is more difficult than encouraging
bad behavior. Just as the phone companies don't feel comfortable becoming too
proactive in stopping spam, ISPs should feel equally hesitant, to block and
throttle anything. As loudly as this FCC Chairman's ears must be ringing lately
(he can't be THAT oblivious, can he?), how is it he hasn't resigned yet? He
doesn't even listen to his own people.
Bert
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