Category: protocol

FCC could require phone companies to authenticate calls

Post author By Randall
Post date March 6, 2020
Categories In ajit pai, caller id, carriers, fcc, gear, Mobile, Politics, protocol, robocalls, Security, spoofing, stir shaken, Tech, verification, Verizon

[ad_1] Under the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, carriers verify that a call is legitimate (not coming from a spoofed number) before it reaches the recipient. In 2018, Pai urged carriers to implement the protocol by 2019. AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) have all implemented the tech in one way or another, but robocalls are […]

BYU researchers extend WiFi range by 200 feet with a software upgrade

Post author By Randall
Post date October 22, 2019
Categories In brigham young university, byu, connected devices, gadgetry, gear, Internet, iot, mesh networking, on-off noise power communication, onpc, protocol, range, router, Routers, smart home, software, Tech, washington university, Wifi

[ad_1] The researchers, led by Brigham Young Unviersity, have dubbed the protocol On-Off Noise Power Communication (ONPC). While WiFi typically requires speeds of at least one megabit per second to maintain a signal, the ONPC protocol can maintain a signal on as little as one one bit per second. That’s one millionth of the data […]

Phone companies and state attorneys general join forces to fight robocalls

Post author By Randall
Post date August 22, 2019
Categories In agreement, at&t, att, attorney general, business, call blocking, carriers, gear, Mobile, Politics, protocol, regulation, robocalls, spam, Sprint, stir shaken, t-mobile, Tech, tool, Verizon

[ad_1] Under the new agreement, the carriers will implement call-blocking technology, make anti-robocall tools free to consumers and deploy a system that labels calls as legitimate or spam, The Washington Post reports. The companies also agree to aid investigations by law enforcement. The major players — AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) […]