I have always had the belief that if you want to change something you have to speak up and make a stand. Making a stand is exactly what I am doing now.

In 1991 Congress passed an act called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, also known as the TCPA, to protect US citizens from invasions of privacy from companies that make calls (or text) them via an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) without consent from the receiver of the messages. Congress then tasked the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to interpret and enforce the TCPA.

Last year I began receiving unwanted text messages sent by a computer (autodialer) from my wireless carrier, Cricket Wireless, llc (an AT&T company), that included advertising. I had asked Cricket to stop these messages to no avail. According to Cricket, these messages are required and unable to be stopped. They also claim that the law doesn’t pertain to them. After an unsuccessful argument, they continue to send unwanted text messages that include unsolicited advertisements.



After losing this argument, I filed a petition with the FCC to make new rules stating that wireless carriers are obligated to abide by a consumers opt out of receiving these text messages. To see filing, please visit:

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1218674405824/Cricket%20Wireless%20FCC%20Document%201.pdf

By signing this petition, you are confirming that you agree that wireless carriers should not be able to arbitrarily text you as a customer, and a US citizen who should be able to choose the content that is sent to their phone, whenever they want to, about whatever they want to, and as much as they want to. As of now, there is nothing stopping them from texting their customers as much as they want and hopefully the filed petition with this staved could help stop them.