On May 28, 2008 at 23:53 beckman@angryox.com (Peter Beckman) wrote:
Getting someone to fax their ID in takes extra time and resources, and means it might be hours before you get your account "approved," and for some service providers, part of the value of the service is the immediacy in which a customer can gain new service.
Right, which means they're monetizing the risk and cost of damages for the rest of the net. They're selling your resources also (e.g., need for firewalls, bandwidth, cleanup.) That monetization needs to be recognized. If I rented cars to people w/o checking creds to a reasonable standard and those cars were used in the commission of crimes or generated a lot of insurance claims and emergency personnel expenses what would the reaction be? I doubt it would be "...but fast turnaround is that car rental company's competitive advantage! what can they do???" -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Login: Nationwide Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*