Forget Toll-Free Texts, Target Robocalls, FSF Fellow Tells FCC
The FCC should forget about toll-free texting and zero in on robocalls, blogged Seth Cooper, senior fellow at the Free State Foundation. Commissioners unanimously approved a declaratory ruling and NPRM on text enabling of toll-free numbers in June (see 1806070021).…
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There were nearly 5 billion robocalls in February, and likely “zero instances of toll-free phone numbers being enabled to receive text messages without authorization by business subscribers,” Cooper wrote Friday.