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Re:Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy ... by ternaryoperator on Thursday July 04, 2024 @07:28PM (#40878834)
> The telephone companies make money based on minutes of usage.

I don't see how that could be correct. Once you pay your monthly fee, the fewer minutes you tie up the company's resources the better for them. That's true too for pay-ahead plans.

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Re:Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy ... by wasmitnetzen on Friday July 05, 2024 @04:19AM (#40880794)
Your provider get paid by the caller's provider for taking the call, and the marginal costs of a phone call are close to zero.
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