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SMS SPAM to be Banned Down Under?

mickers writes "news.com.au reports that in Australia, phone companies which allow SMS spam to be sent across their networks face fines of up to A$10 million under a new industry code.." Are people having a huge problem with SMS spam yet, or is this sort of action more pre-emptive?

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  1. Its a terrible problem by Vampyl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For some reason there is a terrible problem with on my cable modem. Of course i disable it but the minute after i wiped and reloaded my computer i had no less than 10 of them pop up beofre i could turn the service off. The funny part is 5 of them were trying to sell me a way to turn it off.