> Last year, to stop this then-ongoing telemarketing campaign in its tracks, the FCC directed all U.S.-based voice service providers to cease carrying traffic a

> Last year, to stop this then-ongoing telemarketing campaign in its tracks, the FCC directed all U.S.-based voice service providers to cease carrying traffic associated with certain members of the enterprise. I thought it was not permitted (under ITU rules) to refuse to carry selected traffic. Years ago, I was getting robocalls from overseas; at least, the voices seemed to be overseas. I asked $SOMEONE[0] to put a stop to it, and they said that was illegal. But perhaps ITU rules only apply to international calls; or perhaps the ITU[1] has finally got off it's ass and done something useful, for a change. [0] It was years ago; I imagine I asked my landline provider, which was probably BT. [1] The ITU, as far as I can tell, is essentially a body to which governments that are members send representatives. They're supposed to be engineers; but they're there to represent their government's interests, not to improve the global telecom network.