Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread scott
::  "the Paniolo Cable Company for their interisland fiber network" I see I wasn't clear.  The Paniolo Cable Company was part of SIC by ownership https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2020/12/01/hawaiian-telcom-to-acquire-fiber-network-paniolo.html That bankruptcy hearing, meanwhile,

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread scott
On 4/23/2021 5:51 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles Telecommunications" for blatant fraud?  At this scale I wonder how or why certain people are not in federal prison.

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Roy
There is a difference between fines and ordering restitution.  The FTC case was concerned with "monetary relief"  The FTC and the FCC are allowed to impose civil penalties. On 4/23/2021 10:29 AM, Matt Erculiani wrote: > It

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Matt Erculiani
> It just got harder for the FTC to fine people Based on the unanimous US Supreme Court decision, they never could in the first place, at least in the particular manner that was challenged. It'll be up to Congress to explicitly define how big the FTC's teeth are, not the unelected leadership of

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Apr 23, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Dan Hollis wrote: >> On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >>> Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles >>> Telecommunications" for blatant fraud? At this scale I wonder how or why >>> certain people

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Sean Donelan
FCC “fined” robocallers $208 million since 2015 but collected only $6,790 Both FCC and FTC fail to collect vast majority of robocall fines, WSJ reports. March 28, 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fcc-has-fined-robocallers-208-million-its-collected-6-790-11553770803 If your carrier

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Dan Hollis wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles Telecommunications" for blatant fraud? At this scale I wonder how or why certain people are not in federal prison. FCC is not law enforcement. The

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Dan Hollis
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles Telecommunications" for blatant fraud? At this scale I wonder how or why certain people are not in federal prison. FCC is not law enforcement. The FTC can send people to prison. The FCC can

Re: FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles Telecommunications" for blatant fraud? At this scale I wonder how or why certain people are not in federal prison. https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs=fcc+sandwich+isles

FCC fines for unauthorized carrier changes and consumer billing

2021-04-23 Thread Sean Donelan
The FCC has a poor record of actually collecting money from Notices of Apparent Liability (i.e. fines). There are flaws in the FCC notification rules, but it does have some rules requiring indpendent verification of carrier changes. FCC Fines Tele Circuit $4,145,000 for Cramming &