Message-ID: <20210416161336.E6C8B7301D1C@ary.qy>
Date: 16 Apr 2021 12:13:36 -0400
From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
Subject: Re: Can robocalls be tracked?
It appears that Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> said:
>On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 03:07:43AM -0000, bob prohaska wrote:
>> In the past year or so the flux of robocalls seems to have
>> increased. Lately I'm getting five to ten per day.
>>
>> Is there a way to track them? CallerID I gather is spoofable, so
>> that's not very interesting. Do phone carriers keep any records of
>> inbound calls? Can ratepayers examine them?
>
>Oh, my my my ... where do I start?
Probably with STIR and SHAKEN. The FCC has gotten buried in complaints
and with prodding from Congress, is actually doing something about it.
STIR and SHAKEN put cryptographic signatures on the setup messages for
VoIP calls so the terminating telco can reliably tell which telco is
sending it. They have to do this by June, and if they don't, telcos
are allowed to drop unsigned calls and certainly will do so.
FCC press release here:
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363399A1.pdf
R's,
John
Message-ID: <20210416233829.1F532CC0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:38:29 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Canada: For Whom The Ringtone Tolls
Canada: For Whom The Ringtone Tolls - Federal Court Confirms No
Repayment Owed To Telecommunications Companies By SOCAN For
Communicating Downloadable Ringtones
by Tamara Céline Winegust and Naomi Zener
The Blacksonian principle - that law is not made, but merely
discovered - does not operate to nullify royalty payments for
communicating downloadable musical works by telecommunication made
under private settlement agreements between parties or Tariffs
certified by the Canadian Copyright Board and not overturned by the
courts. The Federal Court's recent decision in Rogers Communication
Canada Inc v Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of
Canada, 2021 FC 207, ("Rogers 2021") confirmed that, notwithstanding
the Supreme Court's 2012 decisions in Entertainment Software
Association v Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of
Canada, 2012 SCC 34 ("ESA") and Rogers Communications Inc v Society of
Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 35
("Rogers"), telecommunications companies are not entitled to repayment
from SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers,
the Canadian performing rights organization that controls and
administers performance and communication royalties related to the
copyright in musical works) for royalties paid with respect to
communicating downloadable mobile phone ringtones under certified
tariffs and settlement agreements entered into prior to the Supreme
Court's decision. Moreover, to the extent those telecommunications
companies withheld payments to SOCAN owed under such certified tariffs
or settlement agreements, they were now required to pay back the
amount withheld, with interest.
https://www.mondaq.com/canada/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1056862/for-whom-the-ringtone-tolls-federal-court-confirms-no-repayment-owed-to-telecommunications-companies-by-socan-for-communicating-downloadable-ringtones?email_access=on
***** Moderator's Note *****
OK, it's a bit thick even for me, but to my mind, the point is that
major players in the various businesses which have become associated
with cellular phones are busy staking out turf and trying to get their
hooks into every part of the market that they can.
Any lawyers reading this are welcome to comment.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20210416140936.C1C29CC0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:09:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: New report names fastest 5G network in US - and it's not
Verizon
By Philip Michaels
T-Mobile leads Ookla's 5G rankings, while AT&T is tops at RootMetrics
There's a new champ when it comes to the fastest 5G network in the
U.S. But who that champ is depends on which testing firm you ask.
According to Ookla, the fastest 5G speeds can be found at T-Mobile,
based on testing conducted during the first three months of
2021. That's a shift from Ookla's fourth quarter results, when AT&T
could boast the fastest 5G performance.
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/new-report-names-fastest-5g-mobile-carrier-in-us-and-its-not-verizon
