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Originally Posted by TheDon
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.
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" I'd have far more sympathy if the OP wasn't in one of the most dishonest businesses around"
Your above quote can imo only be read to imply one thing Don, there is no " I can see how it can be read..."
And sorry to disagree, but VM like any company do not " Have to " associate themselves with such " Dishonest " companies as you called them.
Surely they cannot be that hard up for money.
If you can find anything that states that any company, be that VM or whoever " Have to " offer such services feel free to come back and I will retract.
I had an experience with VM a few years ago now where they attempted to bill me over £100 for calls that I know that I did not make, calls that were made apparently one after the other, it was rediculous, each call was for literally seconds, as if someone was calling the number then once they got through they were putting the phone down and redialling the number, one after the other, after the other, as I say this ammounted to over £100 worth of calls that we certainly did not make physically.
When I disputed the charges they were eventually, after having to pull nails, written off.
I am now with BT and oddly enough have not had such issues since.
I would never go back to VM for the telephone service even if I had to string two cans together to avoid them.
So sorry, they do not have to associate themselves with such companies, unless as I say you can prove that they do.