SPIT Revisited
I've posted several times about SPIT. I've repeatedly said that, while the potential exists, it truly has not proven to be the problem it portends. Then this morning I read this from Tom Evslin -
Vonage IPO and SPIT
SPIT is Spam over IP Telephony.
Yesterday I got an email from Vonage offering me a piece of their IPO because I’m a long-term customer. I was fine with getting that mail although I don’t intend to take advantage of the offer for reasons I’ve posted here .
Today I got voicemail from Vonage offering the same thing. I am NOT fine with getting this voicemail. It makes me worry that Vonage will start selling the right to put voicemail in my account. It makes me realize that VoIP CAN even more easily be used for junk calls than the legacy phone system. I don’t want a VoIP provider which isn’t sensitive to this danger. I don’t want to buy stock in a provider which doesn’t understand what an abuse SPIT is.
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