It’s quite the collection of signatures, according to a post in the Telecom Law Monitor blog by Steve Augustino, a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren. Earlier this week, the National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter signed by 39 of its members to the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, asking him for a formal opinion on whether there are legal and regulatory prohibitions on telephone carriers who want to use call-blocking technology.
The letter asks the FCC for an opinion on whether carriers can implement a call-blocking technology if customers expressly opt in, Augustino explained. The attorneys general explained in the letter that they are doing “everything possible to track down and prosecute those that engage in illegal telemarketing,” but it is a difficult battle. They said call-blocking technology such as Telephone Science Corp.’s NoMoRobo, the Kedlin Co.’s Call Control and Ez Channeled Limited’s Telemarketing Guard are helpful and specifically said these programs were “the first major advancement towards a solution.”
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