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Tuly

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There is a GUI component for this and I'm debating having a Monster app for this. The dream was to allow people to subscribe to a public list of telemarketers, too, and download updates to it regularly to block bogus Caller IDs.

That idea, however, turns out to be flawed. A lot of telemarketers are now spoofing their Caller ID with numbers they don't own that belong to other people. Which means we'd accidentally block some poor soul out there. Kind of a big problem if you ask me but not a good solution to it.
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LOL, isn't it though? The previous FCC chairman had a mandate that all carriers be able to start passing reliable Caller ID info between each other for this very reason, so spoofing stops. But the new FCC chairman is likely to nix that requirement now (Verizon and one other company, forget who, just re-petitioned to try to remove the requirement to upgrade their equipment to support this feature).

So it will stay messy for a while.
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http://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/verizon-seeks-fcc-permission-to-shutter-more-legacy-ss7-voice-s...

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  1. Legacy SS7 elements: Verizon wants to be relieved of an FCC requirement to upgrade and replace legacy SS7 network elements in order to generate and pass the charge number (CN) when it differs from calling party number (CPN)."
Which relates to both billing, Caller ID and ANI passing actually. Spawned by the "Truth in Caller ID" act. Google away :)
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