- AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson admits he hates robocalls and blocks them on his personal line, but claims his company cannot deploy robocall blockers for all customers without FCC approval.
- The FCC directly contradicts Stephenson, stating there are no legal obstacles to carriers offering robocall-blocking services and that the Chairman has repeatedly urged carriers to do so.
- Other providers like Time Warner Cable and Verizon have already integrated robocall blockers like Nomorobo without any FCC approval process, showing that such deployment is feasible.
- AT&T already offers a limited call-blocking landline service for $8.50/month, which blocks up to 10 numbers and anonymous callers, but this conflicts with its claim of needing perfect accuracy.
- AT&T's assertion that it cannot risk blocking legitimate calls is undermined by its own existing service and the use of whitelisting by other blockers to avoid blocking emergency calls.