Simple, host it in an offshore location where suing (and all the legal ramifications around data protection) aren't an issue.
I suggest starting with what environments make it improbably to sue (Seychelles etc is a good start). The data loads you will be 'transmitting' is negligible so response times aren't really an issue. Think globally guys. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Inc [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> +1-212-203-4357 New York +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lenz Emilitri Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:21 AM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Payment bureau I think this is an interesting idea, but in order to do it you should first check with a lawyer - imagine someone thinks that their reputation is damaged by your ratings and decides to sue :-) l. 2009/11/19 Alex Balashov <[email protected]> Greetings, I would like to get everyone's thoughts on the creation of something like a "credit bureau" specific to our industry. I don't think we currently have anything like that in the VoIP cottage industry, unless I am mistaken. Simply put, we should have a way of anonymously rating customers' payment history and noting any especially egregious disputes. Access should be restricted only to verified companies legitimately engaged in VoIP-related trade. My interest in this is from a consulting and professional services angle, since that's what Evariste Systems does. However, I do not see why this could not also accommodate payment information from the ITSP and small carrier world. There are lots of potential problems, of course: 1) Some customers would consider disclosure of any transactional information a violation of standing NDAs; 2) The possibility of clutter from small/irrelevant transactions, like $5 prepayments for O/T or calling cards; 3) Some need for moderation and standards enforcement; there is a very real possibility of abuse by members by leveraging such a tool in frivolous business disputes, or business disputes in which their hands are not clean any more than the customer's; example: I could fail to deliver to a customer what I promised, and then report his refusal to pay as a financial misdeed; 4) Large deals and transactions often already go through credit checks with real credit bureaus and various ratings firms. Nevertheless, I think there would be a lot of value as well. And while there is the possibility that the existence of such a tool could be used to intimidate/threaten customers in business disputes, the value of catching fraudsters who go around from VoIP company to VoIP company ripping each one off and disappearing into a hole might outweigh that. My father does, among other things, some freelance translation. In that industry, there's a web site called: http://www.paymentpractices.net/ It is upon seeing this that I wondered why we do not have something like that in our world. Eager to hear your thoughts, -- Alex -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz -- Loway - home of QueueMetrics - http://queuemetrics.com
_______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
