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hammer
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4 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
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4 years ago
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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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Do Not Call Registry flop.

Actually it's a Cox failure to FULLY implement spoof calls.

At least get Cox users to complain to their license holder (the FCC).

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    Bruce
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    4 years ago
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    Cox is implementing it.  I'm getting Fully Verified calls....prefixed with ...but also calls from numbers without a prefix.  Perhaps Cox doesn't prefix Partial and "Regional" calls but it doesn't mean Cox hasn't verified a portion of the numbers as per the FCC.

    In my opinion, a prefix is useless.  What's the difference between looking at Caller ID to check for a "V" or just recognizing a telephone number on the Caller ID?  I don't care if it has a "V" or not...I don't recognize the number.

    I thought the point was to stop ringing my phone.

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      hammer
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      4 years ago
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      Bruce: "I thought the point was to stop ringing my phone..."

      I did too.