XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 16/05/2019 15.54, NY wrote:   
   > "Carlos E. R."  wrote in message   
   > news:gk4sfjFfndjU2@mid.individual.net...   
   >> On 16/05/2019 11.16, NY wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The best way that spam calls can be blocked is by stopping them at   
   >>> source: hit the offending spam companies so hard with fines for every   
   >>> single offence that they never get up again, and monitor every   
   >>> connection to the telephone network (mobile or landline), with telephone   
   >>> companies worldwide clubbing together to block originators of spam calls   
   >>> from having any phone or internet access.   
   >>   
   >> And how will you do that when they reside in another country? Even if   
   >> you can trace the originator.   
   >   
   > I'm talking about all telephone companies throughout the world agreeing   
   > to deny spammers (legal or nefarious) "the oxygen of publicity" by   
   > banning them from accessing the telephone system.   
      
   Good luck with that.   
      
   >   
   > Difficult, especially when in some countries telcos probably accept   
   > bribes from spammers to allow them access.   
   >   
      
   Not bribes. Direct money.   
      
   > But that should be the aim. Block (as far as possible) at source, with   
   > other telcos blacklisting the ones that are known to have allowed   
   > spammers access to the system.   
   >   
      
   A telco can not block another telco. There are fines and business   
   interests. They can only block minor players, and not always. Only for   
   very strong reasons.   
      
      
   The only real hope in which perhaps they are interested globally is in   
   identifying the caller. With that, cooperative blacklisting works well.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
          Carlos E.R.   
      
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