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hammer
New Contributor
3 years ago

Cox refuses to implement protocols to prevent Spoofed Callers

They haven't complied with the full intent of stopping robocall calls with spoofed numbers.  To do so they need to verify the incoming call is not a spoofed number,and stop it from ringing through.  ...
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Bruce
Honored Contributor III

There are 3 ways to "verify" the numbers.  One is to fully verify from where the call came and another to partially verify from where the call came.  There's a third but I forget its adjective.

I'm getting calls from fully verified......and the numbers are legit, but I'm also getting calls without any prefix.  Calls without prefixes are just ringing my phone.  I also don't understand the point if spoofs are still ringing me.  It's another Do Not Call Registry flop.

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Bruce
Honored Contributor III
3 years ago

There is no adjective for the third verification, so I made up "regional" for Area Code.

Full:  Cox verified the 10-digit number is registered with the originating provider.

Partial:  Cox verified all but the last 4 digits with the originating provider.  For example, a company has a private PBX so the last 4 digits wouldn't be registered with the originating provider.

Regional:  Cox verified the first 3 digits came from a known gateway of another provider.