Telcos actually don't have that much leeway in whether they can allow this stuff on the network. That's part and parcel of the whole "common carrier" thing that some people wish would be required of internet service providers; as a common carrier, they can't block legitimate, legal use of the service until some authority tells them it's not legitimate or legal, and that's a (due) process.
So not to go to bat for Ma Bell and her li'l babies here, but fining the telcos for following the law would be counter-productive and unfair.
i understand that but that rule is actually imposed by the same agency (FCC) imposing the fine. AIUI. so that is changeable. correct though, under the current rules this is not possible
So not to go to bat for Ma Bell and her li'l babies here, but fining the telcos for following the law would be counter-productive and unfair.