On Aug 10, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Loek Gijben wrote:
"hank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:voip spam? I have never gotten any yet.
It's is just waiting for the first one to arrive.. The mechanics are just too appealing for spam-like businesses.
Imagine a telemarketeer script that dials lists of VoIP addresses. Instead of having
to pay for each call they use cheap Internet bandwioth. The same cost savings we
use * for applies to the telemarketeers also.
Why stop there--you can beam pre-recorded messages to phones without a person or phone line ever being involved. You could send hundreds of calls per minute without paying for more then a cheap PC and a T-1. You could play voice-response tricks to shunt likely prospects onto a real call center without requiring any real effort. Compare that to email spam, and what it takes for "customers" to get in touch with the spammers.
See http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5302988.html -- 'Qovia' just announced a product to do this. Welcome to the future.
Scott
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