Because it’s not a profitable problem for telcos to solve, and telcos have lots of lobbying power to ensure Washington doesn’t make them stop. They value the pe

Because it’s not a profitable problem for telcos to solve, and telcos have lots of lobbying power to ensure Washington doesn’t make them stop. They value the pennies they get from routing these calls more than all of our financial futures combined. Good thing we have a choice and so much competition here!