Actually, in this case, it’s partially the opposite.
The Madison River Telephone Company (later CenturyLink and now Lumen) started blocked calls and services from Vonage (VOIP) in 2005 because VOIP was a threat. The FCC stepped in and ruled against Madison River in what was really the beginning of Net Neutrality legislation.
Their ruling established that phone carriers couldn’t discriminate against other services accessing their network and its features. Among those features is Caller ID. Since any. VOIP phone system doesn’t actually originate from a telephone exchange, so they all essentially have to “spoof” their Caller ID.
The phone companies can’t block CallerID spoofing from spamme4s and scammers without violating a 20yo ruling from the FCC.
The problem is there is legitimate reason to spoof CID.
VOIP is one. I also have the ability to do it when I make a call from my work cell to have it display the city switchboard so people both aren’t calling me when I’m off duty, but also so that the people receiving calls see a call from the City, not from some random dude.
Many countries have this. It’s just just shitty American carriers that hold us back by gating anything and everything behind a fee.
Actually, in this case, it’s partially the opposite.
The Madison River Telephone Company (later CenturyLink and now Lumen) started blocked calls and services from Vonage (VOIP) in 2005 because VOIP was a threat. The FCC stepped in and ruled against Madison River in what was really the beginning of Net Neutrality legislation.
Their ruling established that phone carriers couldn’t discriminate against other services accessing their network and its features. Among those features is Caller ID. Since any. VOIP phone system doesn’t actually originate from a telephone exchange, so they all essentially have to “spoof” their Caller ID.
The phone companies can’t block CallerID spoofing from spamme4s and scammers without violating a 20yo ruling from the FCC.
which is extremely outdated, with proper called ID these spoofed numbers should be presented as such on the caller ID
The problem is there is legitimate reason to spoof CID.
VOIP is one. I also have the ability to do it when I make a call from my work cell to have it display the city switchboard so people both aren’t calling me when I’m off duty, but also so that the people receiving calls see a call from the City, not from some random dude.
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