I wonder how this will work with the FCC's proposed regulation to require ID, address, and "alternate phone number" for anyone who make make a phone call.

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macintux 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That sounds alarming, but from reading more about it, it doesn't seem like it would be relevant to this, although in the long run it's certainly possible that calling from a payphone would never actually reach someone directly, being shunted to the "you probably don't care about this" purgatory voicemail.

https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2776/2025-1...

But that would seem true today as well.

	▲	singpolyma3 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Try instead https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420711A1.pdf

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2OEH8eoCRo0 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Credit card only?

	▲	singpolyma3 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420711A1.pdf Credit cards may no longer be enough soon

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refulgentis 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I appreciated the concern, but after looking into it, that’s much more than what the FCC has proposed.

The “ID, address, and alternate phone number” idea is part of a proposed Know-Your-Customer rule for artificial voice service providers when they sign up or renew customers, especially to stop illegal robocallers from getting network access. It’s not a requirement that every person provide ID before placing each phone call.

The call-branding proposal is separate: it’s about displaying verified caller name/branding information when a call gets top-level STIR/SHAKEN attestation.

“ID required for anyone who makes a call” is doing a little too much work. The telecom acronyms are exhausting enough without adding extra panic. :)

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singpolyma3 an hour ago | parent [-]

I didn't say every time they make a call. But everyone who is able to make a call. I don't see any reason a user of a payphone is not a customer of the payphone provider for example.

We'll have to wait for the final guidance from the FCC, but as a telecoms provider I'm quite concerned about the direction.

	▲	refulgentis 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		May I submit you do see the reason, in fact, you named it :) They are a user of a payphone, not subleasing a number that could be used for robodialing.