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FCC fines two Texas telemarketers record $225M for making 1B robocalls (engadget.com)
5 points by TedDoesntTalk on March 18, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


> One of the people involved in the scheme admitted to making "millions" of robocalls per day, even going so far as to go out of his way to call numbers on the Do Not Call list because he believed it would be more profitable to do so.

This is exactly what a lot of said might happen when the Do Not Call registry was created.


Article Title:

"FCC fines two Texas telemarketers $225 million for making 1 billion robocalls"

Witty Late-Night-Talk-Show-Host type response:

"Everything is bigger in Texas, including (apparently!): FCC robocall fines..." <g>


22.5 cents per call isn't such a bad payoff if the hit rate is decent.




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