Robocalls are out of control. But that could change after June 30 – By Marguerite Reardon (CNET) / June 29 2021
Voice providers have just one more day to implement the Stir/Shaken tech designed to curb annoying and costly robocalls.
A big deadline in the fight to beat back those annoying robocalls is coming tomorrow. As of June 30, every major voice provider in the US, including phone companies AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile and cable provider Comcast, will have to implement a technology called Stir/Shaken.
That’s good news for everyone whose phone has been jangling with bogus phone calls involving health-related scams, expiring car warranties and fake banks offering nonexistent interest-rate discounts for credit cards. For years, the scourge of illegal robocalls has plagued the public. It’s the No. 1 consumer complaint and a top priority at the Federal Communications Commission.
US consumers have received just under 22 billion robocalls in the first five months of the year, on pace to hit over 52 billion robocalls for the year, according to YouMail, a company specializing in blocking robocalls.
CONTINUE > https://www.cnet.com/news/robocalls-are-out-of-control-could-change-after-june-30/
