Re: Spread-spectrum net (vulnerability of)

[Timothy Newsham <newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu>]

> XYZ can cut off an anonymous user who fails to pay his bill by telling the
> telcos/PCS operators to stop accepting calls from that ID (nobody needs to
> know who the deadbeat connected to that ID is).  As long as there is
> sufficient prepayment by unit users to XYZ, that meritorious company can
> avoid losing its shirt to repeat deadbeats who keep registering
> (anonymously) for new accounts, running up big bills and not paying.
> What important point am I missing here? Thanks in advance to all the
> professional flamers out there who will make it clear to me :-)

XYZ can also cut off an anonymous user who has paid all his bills.
The user will then either lose his money or get in contact with
the company to resolve the issue.  This is an excellent opportunity
to match an ID with a face.

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