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TheDon · 09-11-2009, 16:40

Firstly I didn't say HIS business was dishonest (although I can see how it can be read as such), just that many in the same industry are, which means he has to tread carefully and make sure he doesn't come across as just another premium rate scam company, something he does himself no favours in doing by trying to pass himself off as just an ordinary consumer in his video. He may have a completely honest business, but because the premium rate number service is full of people that don't, he has to tread carefully to avoid being tarred with the same brush, which means full disclosure and not trying to pass himself off as a normal consumer with some odd numbers on his bill.

As for why they "associate" with them, because they have to?

Can you imagine a telephone provider where you COULDN'T dial any number you wanted? To not associate with them they'd have to ban all premium rate numbers from being dialed on their network, that's simply not going to happen.

The entire reason there are AIT requests in the first place are because people that run these numbers are renowned for fraudulently inflating traffic, be that by compromising equipment, or back in the days of dial up with their rogue dialers.

09-11-2009, 16:40	#128
TheDon Inactive Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,567	Re: Virgin Media Equipment has Been Compromised Firstly I didn't say HIS business was dishonest (although I can see how it can be read as such), just that many in the same industry are, which means he has to tread carefully and make sure he doesn't come across as just another premium rate scam company, something he does himself no favours in doing by trying to pass himself off as just an ordinary consumer in his video. He may have a completely honest business, but because the premium rate number service is full of people that don't, he has to tread carefully to avoid being tarred with the same brush, which means full disclosure and not trying to pass himself off as a normal consumer with some odd numbers on his bill. As for why they "associate" with them, because they have to? Can you imagine a telephone provider where you COULDN'T dial any number you wanted? To not associate with them they'd have to ban all premium rate numbers from being dialed on their network, that's simply not going to happen. The entire reason there are AIT requests in the first place are because people that run these numbers are renowned for fraudulently inflating traffic, be that by compromising equipment, or back in the days of dial up with their rogue dialers.