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Comments Due Jan. 29, Replies Feb. 28, on FCC Call Blocking Report

Comments are due Jan. 29, replies Feb. 28, on call blocking issues, said a Monday notice by the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau in docket 17-59. On Dec. 20 the bureau sought comment on “the availability and effectiveness of…

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call blocking tools offered to consumers, the impact of the Commission’s actions on illegal calls, and the impact of call blocking on 911 services and public safety.” The bureau plans to use the comments to the commission’s first staff report on call blocking (see 1912200017). A June declaratory ruling allows carriers to block telecommunications traffic without a consumer request (see 1906060056).