On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 5, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Dan Journo wrote: > > > We need to make a VOIP providers review board to post things like this to > make sure other people don't lose their money. > > > The problem with that is anyone on such a review board would need to be > able to investigate claims, which may be difficult if parties do not > cooperate. It would be potentially bad to assume guilt based on a lack of > cooperation with the board since there is no contractual obligation to do > so, and there may be legislative hurdles that prevent it in some > jurisdictions. Another problem is that the board would have to be > non-biased, meaning they cant be running a competing service. There is a > legal liability if you call a company shady or criminal without any actual > crime or shadiness being committed, since it could impact their business > model. In the US at least the RICO extortion act could come into play if > any comments are made such as "cooperate or we will list you as bad" since > that is a "threat of economic harm" under the statue. That statute has > generally a 3 year minimum on convictions with a max of 20 years. Other > jurisdictions may have similar laws. > > It would be far too easy to just nominate all competitors as "scammers" > just to cause less business to be given to them. > > If a board certified companies known to be reputable it may work better. > In this way, a company that contractually agrees to certain procedures > which can include payment, refunds, service responses, arbitration and other > things that a board might see fit to implement, then consumers would be able > to select providers that are part of such a system. There would have to be > a certain level of branding and promoting of such an organization which is > likely not going to be free of charge. How all of this, including the > investigation into claims, is paid for is a whole different discussion ... > > > -- > Trixter aka Bret McDanel > http://www.0xdecafbad.com > > > > I think it should be left to the way it is. If enough people complain here then we know there may be an issue and to watch out.
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