[IP] VoIP competitors try to avoid spiting on their subscribers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: March 10, 2008 3:15:56 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] VoIP competitors try to avoid spiting on their  
subscribers

VoIP competitors try to avoid spiting on their subscribers
Telecompetitor.com

Welcome to the world of SPIT, op SPam over Internet Telephony. It’s  
the latest craze for spammers and it’s causing headaches for VoIP  
providers like Skype. SPIT is very analogous to SPAM, where VoIP  
subscribers receive actual unsolicited telephone calls offering  
typical SPAM type products like organ enlargement or weight loss  
pitches. The difference with SPIT though is can be much more damaging  
to a VoIP providers network because of the large bandwidth bottlenecks  
it can create. If not kept in check, SPIT can cause serious quality of  
service problems for VoIP providers, leading to a potential  
competitive disadvantage.

<http://telecompetitor.com/node/546>

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