AT&T, Verizon Tell FCC That They Should Be Able To Block Texts [telecom]

AT&T, Verizon Tell FCC That They Should Be Able To Block Texts When They Want To, For Your Own Good

By Kate Cox

Texting isn't just the purview of teenagers. Bulk texting is a huge business. Sometimes they're scam spam in about the same category of usefulness as emails from a wealthy Nigerian prince who doesn't exist, granted, but sometimes they're useful blasts from businesses or public entities that let a whole bunch of people get useful information quickly in a low-bandwidth way. But what they aren't, quite yet, is clearly regulated. A case moving through the FCC right now, however, may change that.

Phone lines, including mobile, are common carriers, subject to Title II regulation. That's been true for decades, and it means wireless carriers have to treat all phone calls the same way, without providing priority to one caller over another. Calls from grandma come through to you in the exact same way as calls from "Rachel in cardholder services," for better or worse.

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