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Good point. I suspect carriers tolerate scammers because they're good for the bottom line.
by ableal 7y ago
Good point. I suspect carriers tolerate scammers because they're good for the bottom line.
- rhizome 7y agoIf my mom's bill is any indication, the telco's getting ~$40 for each landline. Not sure what a voice T1 goes for these days.
- jazzyjackson 7y agoThe same way USPS is funded by junk mail, a large volume of Telecoms' voice calls is likely robo-caller spam. Still I would have thought either Verizon or AT&T could come up with a competitive advantage of, you know, "the number that comes up on caller ID is authenticated to actually be the person paying for that phone number" The spoofed caller ID to match your local area code has landed on people in my contact list, and it was extremely jarring to think "why is my best friend's mom calling me out of the blue" and get offered a discount cruise by a robot.
- Simon_says 7y agoTelecoms have no problem figuring out who to bill.
- 0x00000000 7y agoWhen I got a new phone, I got a text saying that I was on a free trial of Verizon’s spam call blocking service. Needless to say they have every reason to remain complicit