Yes, but once you remove all the legal protections from the data, you've completely removed all of my interest in signing up for an account. ;)
I don't think, in general, it's a good practice to advertise that you have a service which allows you to make libelous comments about providers because you're hosted offshore where you can't be sued. That would be a PR mistake. N. Dean Collins wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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 _______________________________________________ --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
