Point taken.
On March 8, 2020 at 15:06 dam...@google.com (Damian Menscher) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 2:18 PM <b...@theworld.com> wrote: > > > It's really not analogous to most of the mass attacks on the net > because the entire telco system is built to know who is using it in > great detail. > > > You don't think transit providers bill their customers? > > The analogy holds surprisingly well. Any transit provider (or other ISP) > could > trivially identify their customers who are launching spoofed attacks, simply > by > looking for a high volume of SYN packets, or a high diversity of source ASNs, > or several other signals. But instead they pretend it's "hard", just as the > telcos do. In reality, the only thing that's hard about it is the policy > decision of turning away money. > > Damian > > > Have you ever made a billable call and *not* been billed for it? > > If you're getting the same "Hi, this is <NAME> from card holder > services" calls like everyone else, or auto warranty etc etc etc, that > means they're making millions of calls per day, possibly hundreds of > millions...per day. > > No one makes many millions of voice calls without paying the telcos. > > If you don't believe me try it. You'll have a swat team at your home > or office (or possibly a telco sales person) probably after just > hundreds of calls and you'll be blocked, shut down. > > The telcos are making a lot of money on these calls. > > They know exactly who is making them because they know exactly who > they're sending that bill to and their payment history. > > Which primarily leaves the question of why this Kabuki theater by the > FCC et al pretending as if it's some vast, uncontrollable evil like > the corona virus etc.? > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http:// > www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* > -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*