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Without big fines, don't companies make more money not following up on it? 1) VOIP providers get revenue from the customer (scammer.) 2) Upstream telcos are ge
by icedchai 3y ago
Without big fines, don't companies make more money not following up on it?
1) VOIP providers get revenue from the customer (scammer.)
2) Upstream telcos are getting paid by the VOIP provider for the numbers, call origination fees, etc.
3) The receiving telcos get some call termination fees.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoHow does this relate to the discussion? No one outside the telecom's accounting department will have the figures handy to know either way. And the net balance would certainly would be proprietary information that won't be shared on HN in any case.
- icedchai 3y agoIf there’s no financial incentive for companies to stop this stuff, it won’t happen. That’s how.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoWe will never discover whether it's one way or the other via HN comments, so it's an irrelevant point. It's not even possible to talk about it in any substantive capacity.