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Re: spam

2003-05-27 00:20:13
Avi Lior wrote:

There is no cost to spam. It is purely an annoyance factor.

There is no cost to spam?  Ha.  Wakeup!!!!

Here are two real cases that effect me directly.  I pay for my service per
volume (per octet).  Therefore it costs me real $$$$ to receive spam.

Secondaly, the other day I received 4 spam SMS messages.  Never mind the
annoyance of having to get the warning, open the phone, navigate through the
messages, and delete them.  When I got my wireless bill, I was pleasantly
rewarded by a charge of 10 cents for each SMS message!!!!


<lots snipped>

Reverse billing - a known and very worrying phenomenon that has been
appearing in what is normally regarded as Calling Party Pays territory
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