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The architecture of the telephone network was designed by a complex series of historical monopolies (across multiple countries), federal regulators, and state r
by jcrawfordor 3y ago
The architecture of the telephone network was designed by a complex series of historical monopolies (across multiple countries), federal regulators, and state regulators. Because of this history, the providers have a surprisingly small degree of control over the traffic that passes through their network. This is, in a regulatory sense, what it means to be a common carrier.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoMy admittedly cynical view, then, is that the structure has outgrown it's usefulness. Features are being added, which enable phone number spoofing and other shenanigans, at some point deep in the network, such that common carriers, at the tips of the network, have no control over. Thus creating a scammers/spammers paradise.