Re: TTY phone fraud and abuse

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>]

On 12-apr-04, at 5:06, Stephen Sprunk wrote:

> > The local telco doesn't see a red cent of any settlement charges when
> > this happens.

We all feel very sorry for them, I'm sure.

> > Local telcos are, of course, all against this, and use
> > any and every excuse to get these exchanges busted - a procedure that
> > typically involves having the local police raid the exchange.

> One method that makes raids difficult is that the landing site for 
> these
> calls is often a satellite dish (for the international side) combined 
> with
> GSM phones (for the local side).

Wow, VoIP+sat+GSM, that must add up to close to 1500 ms delay! That 
can't be any fun.