By Walt Hickey Robocalls Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia are suing Avid Telecom, alleging that the company was responsible for transmitting millions of robocalls into the American phone system, alleging they made 8.4 million calls that were spoofed to appear as if they were coming from government or law enforcement agencies, alleging 7.5 billion calls to numbers on the Do Not Call list. Incidentally, Avid is also the company that facilitated the 5 billion calls from June 2020 to February 2021 on behalf of Sumco, which is now the subject of a potential $300 million FCC fine over those pesky auto warranty scam calls. According to the states suing Avid, of