FCC Should Offer Broad Safe Harbor for Some Call Blocking, Groups Repeat; 5-0 Vote Possible
CTIA, NCTA and USTelecom continue to seek "safe harbor for network-level blocking" so "providers can use all available tools to protect consumers" through more robust robocall mitigation efforts, they told an aide to Commissioner Mike O'Rielly in requesting clarification on an item up for a vote at Thursday's FCC meeting (see 2007100044). Consider additional safe harbors in future proceedings, the groups asked in the filing posted Wednesday. An agency official expects a 5-0 vote to approve the item at the commissioners' meeting Thursday, and suggested the language might change to include more pointed questions on the pros and cons of safe harbor for network-level blocking.