[asterisk-biz] VoIPJet

[Justin Case]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <
trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:

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> On May 5, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Dan Journo wrote:
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> > We need to make a VOIP providers review board to post things like this to
> make sure other people don't lose their money.
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> The problem with that is anyone on such a review board would need to be
> able to investigate claims, which may be difficult if parties do not
> cooperate.  It would be potentially bad to assume guilt based on a lack of
> cooperation with the board since there is no contractual obligation to do
> so, and there may be legislative hurdles that prevent it in some
> jurisdictions.  Another problem is that the board would have to be
> non-biased,  meaning they cant be running a competing service.  There is a
> legal liability if you call a company shady or criminal without any actual
> crime or shadiness being committed, since it could impact their business
> model.  In the US at least the RICO extortion act could come into play if
> any comments are made such as "cooperate or we will list you as bad" since
> that is a "threat of economic harm" under the statue.  That statute has
> generally a 3 year minimum on convictions with a max of 20 years.  Other
> jurisdictions may have similar laws.
>
> It would be far too easy to just nominate all competitors as "scammers"
> just to cause less business to be given to them.
>
> If a board certified companies known to be reputable it may work better.
>  In this way, a company that contractually agrees to certain procedures
> which can include payment, refunds, service responses, arbitration and other
> things that a board might see fit to implement, then consumers would be able
> to select providers that are part of such a system.  There would have to be
> a certain level of branding and promoting of such an organization which is
> likely not going to be free of charge.  How all of this, including the
> investigation into claims, is paid for is a whole different discussion ...
>
>
> --
> Trixter aka Bret McDanel
> http://www.0xdecafbad.com
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I think it should be left to the way it is. If enough people complain here
then we know there may be an issue and to watch out.
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