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Date: 18 May 2023 13:26:26 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: Telephone And Texting Compliance News — April 2023
by Russell H. Fox and Jonathan P. Garvin
We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting
Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this month's newsletter, we cover a
Federal Communications Commission (Commission) Report and Order aimed
at reducing and eliminating text messages highly likely to be illegal
or fraudulent. The Report and Order establishes a new rule requiring
mobile wireless providers to block SMS and MMS text messages that
purport to be from North American Numbering Plan numbers registered on
a reasonable Do-Not-Originate list. The rule, which takes effect on
May 11, 2023, will also require carriers to designate a point of
contact to receive senders' reports of erroneous blocking issues. As
part of the Report and Order, the Commission also issued a Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a number of proposed
new text messaging rules. In other regulatory news, the Federal Trade
Commission is increasing its efforts to stop illegal robocalls that
originate overseas from reaching Americans' phones. Project Point of
No Entry targets Voice over Internet Protocol service providers that
serve as "point of entry" or gateway providers.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1314504?q=1803232&n=789&tp=10&tlk=25&lk=94
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| Message-ID: <b9f59bd7860a49c59b93fcf54cc0f2ca@mishmash.com>
Date: 26 May 2023 20:31:32 +0000
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: Re: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars
> Garrett Wollmann <wollman@bimajority.org> wrote:
>> Fred Atkinson <fatkinson@mishmash.com> wrote:
>> You are splitting hairs here in a semantics issue.
>> Suppose the cellular infrastructure is down due to an attack on our
>> nation.
>> Think you are going to get those alerts then?
> Such an attack would also take out the broadcast infrastructure,
> which is a lot more physically concentrated and easier to disrupt.
Maybe, or maybe not.
No doubt some of the stations would [go] down.
But maybe not all of them.
They are not entirely dependent upon network programming.
Have you ever heard the term 'Single point of failure'?
I would say that both the Internet and the Cellular network are
exactly that.
Broadcast stations, not as much!
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| Message-ID: <u4r63n$33v36$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 27 May 2023 14:21:03 -0400
From: "Bill Horne" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: A walk down memory lane [newmod]
Here's a look backt of an exchange between Pat Townson and a subscriber
named John McHarry, back in 2006, when Pat was in ill health and talking
about transitioning the Telecom Digest to a new Moderator.
http://telecom.csail.mit.edu/telecom-archives/TELECOM_Digest_Online2006-1/1020.html
As it happens, the Telecom Digest is once again looking for a new
Moderator. If you are interested in helping the TD audience to keep up
with developments in telecom, please get in touch.
Bill Horne, Moderator
380-1440
Area code 828
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