Quote Velocity Seeks Clarity on Robocall Rules
Quote Velocity reported on a series of meetings this week at the FCC raising concerns about the agency’s December 2023 robocall and robotext order, which clamps down on the lead generator loophole (see 2312130019). The company filed a petition seeking…
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clarity last month. “We urged the Commission to clarify uncertainty arising” from the order “and its applicability to Quote Velocity’s business model,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-402. The order “expressly concludes that where a third-party agent is added to a live call with a customer (i.e., rather than a robocall or robotext)” the restriction “is not relevant to the transaction,” the filing said. But Quote Velocity said it’s fielding numerous questions about the order and its implications: “Quote Velocity is seeking clarification from the Commission given the company’s concern that, absent such a clarification, its business model will be threatened at the time the revised rules go into effect.” CEO Manny Zuccarelli met with staff from the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and aides to Commissioners Brendan Carr, Geoffrey Starks, Nathan Simington and Anna Gomez.