Spam Will Only Getting Worse

Not long ago I came across an article at eWeek that points out one of the main problems with trying to stop spam and stop botnets: many of the big service providers, like Verizon, simply do not and will not try to stop botnets operating on their network.

This comes from a recent study by Trend Micro when, measuring spam, found that Verizon sent almost twice the volume of spam as the next biggest spammer.

Obviously, Verizon has to be aware of the abuse on their network, but the fact is that their business plan is not designed to stop it. It's simply much cheaper to allow the spamming continue then start cutting off customers which requires a large investment in customer-service and the inherent risks of occasionally offending a customer.

Also, Verizon's bandwidth is all symmetric pipes, and bandwidth at an ISP is overwhelmingly downstream. That means they have plenty of upstream bandwidth to spare.

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