Feds may fine companies responsible for robocalls

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A company that tracks unwanted phone calls said there were 5 billion of them last month, which equals about 2,000 robocalls per second.

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Federal lawmakers are thinking of fining the callers $10,000 for each robocall.

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They would expect phone companies to develop new technology to identify unwanted calls before they get to you.

The FCC asked those companies to come up with a plan to do that, and most of those carriers plan to respond to the federal agency on Monday.

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