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02-278 — Comment Digest

104,012 public comments

Updated 2026-07-19

Orientation summary — a fast, cited starting point, not a substitute for reading the filings. Generated from the public ECFS record.

Public comments — 104,012 filings

Sentiment of the general public's web-form comments — separate from the industry positions. 104,012 comments, 19,436 distinct versions after grouping form letters.

Bottom line: Public comments run overwhelmingly opposed. This reflects the volume of public write-in comments — not the weight of legal argument, or the standard the FCC applies.

Estimated split: 4% support · 93% oppose · 3% other. Support = wants the FCC to adopt/keep the action; Oppose = wants it rejected; Unclear = neutral or off-topic.

How we know: 1% of comments are grouped form letters classified exactly; the rest are estimated from a random sample of 310 distinct comments.

Top themes

• protect state rules — 6,345 (oppose)
• privacy invasion — 2,012 (oppose)
• protect Indiana privacy law — 1,862 (oppose)
• oppose weakening Indiana law — 1,161 (oppose)
• protect Wisconsin privacy law — 1,074 (oppose)
• oppose changes to Wisconsin list — 619 (oppose)
• bank calls opposition — 542 (oppose)
• off-topic — 464 (other)

What people wrote

• OPPOSE: “I oppose the weakening of Indiana's Telephone privacy law!!!!!” — 15 filed this
• OPPOSE: “I oppose the weakening of Indiana's law.” — 9 filed this
• OPPOSE: “The FCC should not implementany proposal that would lessenIndiana's Telephone Privacy lawprotections!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” — 8 filed this
• OTHER: “?Any rule requiring written consent before faxing to a business should exemptjob applicants and their agents. The recent rule and order of the FCC, regardingthis subject, will be interpreted to require job hunters (who are advertisingtheir services) to seek written consent before” — 6 filed this
• SUPPORT: “I strongly support the continuation of the no call list. I feel it should be strengthened, not weakened.thank you.”
• SUPPORT: “Please keep the no-call list in Indiana. Thank you”

How this sentiment is measured

We read the public express comments from the FCC's ECFS record, group identical form letters and count them exactly, then classify a random sample of the distinct versions and extrapolate to all 104,012 comments. This is public sentiment only; it is not a measure of the legal merits or how the Commission will rule.

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