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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 2 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.453s | source
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SilverElfin ◴[25 Aug 25 17:13 UTC] No.45016170[source]▶
I get relentless text and phone spam calls - both robotic and with humans - from just a few voice over Internet platforms. Bandwidth.com, Neutral Tandem, and ALL the brands associated with Sinch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinch_AB) like Inteliquent. Many of these companies got cease and desist orders in the past from the FTC. It didn’t help anything. We need to see them fined, shut down, and executives jailed.
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reactordev ◴[25 Aug 25 17:18 UTC] No.45016242[source]▶
Shut one down, another pops up in its place.
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1. SilverElfin ◴[25 Aug 25 17:33 UTC] No.45016415[source]▶
Sinch just keeps acquiring one company after the other and turning them into the new spam channel. Weirdly the only responsible player seems to be Twilio. The others refuse to identify the spammers that are their customers, and keep saying it’s not their responsibility since they’re a “wholesaler” (their words).
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2. singpolyma3 ◴[25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC] No.45016511[source]▶
Twilio has historically been a customer of these other companies, so not really at the same level. Though that's been changing recently