I’m seeing an increase in the level of abuse of mobile networks by companies operating on the wrong side of the edge of business ethics.
First off is the text spam that is coming through, with messages such as:
Congratulations, your number has made you Apple’s Winner! Goto http://www.apple.com.ca.llhf.net and enter code iWin to claim you Apple product
The other item comes to me from my associate in California who tells me that he was billed $9.99 by T-Mobile associated with text spam from an outfit called Newfittipz. T-Mobile told him they couldn’t refund the money to him or stop the service. He had to reach the company.
To what extent is the mobile industry taking sufficient steps to guard against these annoyances? Are there industry members that are tolerant of these abusive practices and facilitating their text network interconnection because of the profit opportunity?
You can call t-mobile and have them block content messegas from your phone. I had to do this because of the same company…I was upset….but it took me calling 3 people at t-mobile before anyone told me that i could block the 3rd part texts…and its free….