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Let's not forget that Rosenworcel is also likely to be replaced by a sock Paipet. She has also been doing great work at the FCC.

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FCC great work including what results?

Spam via SMS and calls hasn’t been conquered at all and it’s 18 years since the “donotcall” registry went live.

I don't get robocalls anymore.

I do, every day.

Then you are unique

At least two a day on landline, starting right at 8am, and at least five or six a day on my cell.

Have any of you reported the calls [1]? They can't do anything about something they know nothing about, and they have taken extremely aggressive action in the past [2].

[1]: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-robocalls...

[2]: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-395670A1.pdf

How are you supposed to know if they are robocalls? I stopped answering my phone, but when I used to, it was always a person with a heavy accent trying to sell something.

> person with a heavy accent

Nice...

Either way, a human is not a robot. Ignoring the do not call list would be up to the FTC to police. https://www.donotcall.gov/report.html

A personal trick of mine was to answer those calls, ask them to hold, and leave them waiting indefinitely. I started a leaderboard with my friends back in the day, and the winner was ~40min.

It was supposed to be automatic! Shaker and stirred or whatever.

I'm not sure how anyone could expect a telecom protocol to automatically determine if a call is a robocall. Those merely prevent spoofing and allow the FCC to track town offenders.

yeah, and it doesn't help anything in 18 years of experience.

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