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Indiana Congresswoman Susan Brooks Applauds Passage of Bill that Prevents Fraudulent and Abusive Robocalls

The Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill, passed out of the House of Representatives as a part of The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. The House of Representatives passed legislation that protects Hoosiers privacy and personal data.

Indiana’s 5^th District Representative, Susan Brooks, is a co-sponsor of the Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019 and is proud to be protecting Hoosiers. Congresswoman Brooks spoke on the passage of the legislation by saying,

“Today, the House passed a bipartisan bill to protect American consumers from pesky, dangerous and illegal robocalls that continue to scam hard-working Americans out of time and money. I’m proud the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act includes our bill because it is critically important to ensure those who perpetuate scams through unlawful robocalls are prosecuted and held accountable under the law.”

Sponsor of the bill, Congressman A. Donald McEachin of Virginia, said of the legislation,

“Today’s vote is a positive development for ending the robocall epidemic. Americans are sick and tired of unsolicited robocalls, which can be a nuisance or even predatory. The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act will help reduce the number of spam robocalls received and protect consumers. I thank my colleagues for voting it out of the House and I look forward to working with our colleagues in the Senate to help this bill become law.”

Robocalls are a danger to the public and put Hoosiers’ data safety at risk. The Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019 directs the Federal Communications Commission to provide evidence of unlawful robocall violations to the state Attorney General and would require the Federal Communications Commission to publish and submit a report outlining the number and types of robocaller violations to Congress. This Act strengthens enforcement of current law aimed at ending the countless amounts of predatory robocalls impacting Hoosiers on a daily basis.

by: Daniel Frankel

Mediacom continued its quest to become the first U.S. cable operator to convert its HFC-based network entirely to DOCSIS 3.1 by the end of 2017, setting up 1 Gbps services in its 20-county Indiana footprint. Mediacom isn’t the first operator to reach Indiana with DOCSIS 3.1-powered 1-gig services-Comcast announced in late-May that it’s $140-a-month DOCSIS 3.1 product was available in the state. However, the state’s dominant MSO still isn’t advertising its 1-gig product in key areas like Indianapolis.

Mediacom representatives didn’t immediately respond to inquiries on pricing for their 1-gig offering, but the operator has also priced its services at $140 a month in markets in which it has previously deployed DOCSIS 3.1

“Mediacom has invested over $8 billion of private capital in its national network to ensure that the hardworking people living in America’s smaller cities and towns can access world-class communications services,” said Todd Curtis, group VP of Mediacom’s Lincoln Region, in a statement. “We want the people and businesses of Indiana to succeed, and that is why we are thrilled to be able to offer ultrafast gigabit internet services across the entirety of our Hoosier State service territory.”

“In today’s global economy, access to high-quality, high-speed broadband is critical to driving local economic growth,” added Indiana Rep. Dave Ober, chair of the House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications, also speaking in Mediacom’s press release. “Thanks to Mediacom’s efforts to make gigabit broadband available in the smaller rural markets it serves, communities across northern Indiana will have access to the same or better broadband speeds as America’s largest cities.”