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Originally Posted by fred53
" Government regulators can fix by simply requiring phone providers, like Verizon, to adjust their equipment to prohibit any changes to the basic caller ID system." You grossly oversimplify the process. I do not think it's the governments job to fix privately owned companies problems. It is the problem of AT&T, Verizon, etc. They should fix the problem and would if they were fined for each and every bad call that might be an incentive. The gov't would ensure that these companies do not charge the legit users for solving the issue.
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Phone providers are privately owned companies, but they are heavily regulated by the FCC because they use the public airways. It seems to me that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to make sure phone providers are acting responsibly. Phone providers should not be permitted to allow their customers to conceal their identity when using the public airways to make unsolicited phone calls to people who don't want them. I don't know anyone who wants to receive telemarketing calls. They only benefit the telemarketers and the phone providers who sell them the service, and everyone else suffers.