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Sure helped the PSTN.
by cdchn 2y ago
Sure helped the PSTN.
- SoftTalker 2y agoBack when long-distance calls cost real money per minute, yes. You got the occasional telemarketing call, but it was local and in most areas there wasn't much of it happening.
- cdchn 2y agoBut accessing the PSTN network still has a cost. Simply having a cost is not a blocker for bad actors.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYes -- the key is a marginal cost for each call that is higher than what they earn on average per call. And that would not be a lot.
- cdchn 2y agoThats not what the original poster described, just that "a" cost would be all thats needed. And trying to attach a price to a transaction that makes it unprofitable for bad actors but not be a burden on legitimate users is intractable.
- SoftTalker 2y agoThe fact is that when a long distance call (never mind an international call) cost on the order of dollars per call there was not much spam.
- cdchn 2y agoThat cost wasn't designed to prevent bad actors, that cost was designed to generate profit.