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VON Updates Carr Aide on Robocall Rule Concerns

Voice on the Net Coalition representatives met with an aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on concerns the group has about know-your-customer obligations as part of robocall rules (see 2505120034). VON is worried “about the lack of clarity” around the obligations “and the potential for significant fines for violations of what is obviously a vague standard,” it said in a filing posted Wednesday (docket 17-59).

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VON also recommended “that the Commission not adopt proposed restrictions on interconnected VoIP providers direct access to telephone numbers as the proposed rules would have an anticompetitive impact and would not reduce the number of illegal robocalls,” the filing said.