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Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by MichaelZuo on Friday May 26, 2023 @08:34PM (#36091003)
How does this relate to the discussion?

No one outside the telecom's accounting department will have the figures handy to know either way. And the net balance would certainly would be proprietary information that won't be shared on HN in any case.

Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by icedchai on Saturday May 27, 2023 @01:31PM (#36096530)
If there’s no financial incentive for companies to stop this stuff, it won’t happen. That’s how.
Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by MichaelZuo on Saturday May 27, 2023 @04:11PM (#36097807)
We will never discover whether it's one way or the other via HN comments, so it's an irrelevant point.

It's not even possible to talk about it in any substantive capacity.