Steve Totaro wrote: > I am a capitalist. > > If I can get a little extra money to pay my phone bill then great. > > If someone calls that number, and the caller ID is real and true, and > they provide DNC functionality then it is not pointless or "retarded". > > How is it any different than if they call you directly to be removed > (except you make no green)? > > Don't get your logic.....
The logic has to do with the fact that arbitrage opportunities that exploit differences in settlement regimes across jurisdictions or markets are short-lived and for a sustainable business model do not make. This is no different than CABS traffic pumping schemes or anything else. What all these feats of endeavour - however much or little money they can make for the moment - have in common is that (a) they are figments of increasingly decrepit regulation, and (b) markets rationalise them away. The latter happens gradually, so you see the spreads you can capture shrink. So, you'd be better off spending the time and energy involved in enrolling into such a scheme developing a product that actually adds value and can be monetised in greater perpetuity. Dip arbitrage is a game people who do not have the ingenuity to do something with higher ROI play. There will always be plenty of those, and they will always say they're just being good capitalists and taking free money, but as we know, technology-focused capitalism is an environment where those who know - do, and those who don't desperately grasp for straws and/or try to find coattails to cling to (nickel and dime vendors, pinch pennies, make money off little fees, engage in purely speculative resale, etc.). -- Alex -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz