Sloppy practice by US / Canadian ISPs; opportunism by unregulated Far Eastern ISPs is part of the problem.
But, the vast majority of the spam I used to receive is for American products and services, payable in USD, with (if you can spend the time tracing it back), a US bank account/mailing address at the back of it.
No, they are not consciously targetting the rest of the world, but since it costs b-all to send it to the UK, France etc, they do it.
Many ordinary people here in the UK who have little contact with the US save what they see on TV, are getting sick and tired of the this avalanche of spam whose origin in is in the USA.
I couldn't agree more with Renaud.
95% of the spam I used to receive is in English for US-based debt consolidation, penis-extension, mail-order pharmaceuticals, sex sites etc.
Who are the ISPs?
#1 time and again = Comcast.
Plus Verizon, RoadRunner, Charter, Shaw (Canadian), Rogers (Canadian), SBC, Level3, AT&T, MCI etc. (and see Spamhaus for their listsings).
These cable companies couldn't care less what their downstream broadband customers do. After all, many of them are struggling financially and employing staff to crack down on the spam from their networks costs money. Just tap in "Comcast sucks" into Google to see how bad some of them are at actually running a cable business, let alone tackling spam.
As for the US image abroad. With more and more people worldwide receiving this stuff - Yes, Comcast etc are doing more harm to the rest of the world's perception of the USA than anyone or anything else.
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Sloppy practice by US / Canadian ISPs; opportunism by unregulated Far Eastern ISPs is part of the problem. But, the vast majority of the spam I used to receive is for American products and services, payable in USD, with (if you can spend the time tracing it back), a US bank account/mailing address at the back of it. No, they are not consciously targetting the rest of the world, but since it costs b-all to send it to the UK, France etc, they do it. Many ordinary people here in the UK who have little contact with the US save what they see on TV, are getting sick and tired of the this avalanche of spam whose origin in is in the USA.
I couldn't agree more with Renaud. 95% of the spam I used to receive is in English for US-based debt consolidation, penis-extension, mail-order pharmaceuticals, sex sites etc. Who are the ISPs? #1 time and again = Comcast. Plus Verizon, RoadRunner, Charter, Shaw (Canadian), Rogers (Canadian), SBC, Level3, AT&T, MCI etc. (and see Spamhaus for their listsings). These cable companies couldn't care less what their downstream broadband customers do. After all, many of them are struggling financially and employing staff to crack down on the spam from their networks costs money. Just tap in "Comcast sucks" into Google to see how bad some of them are at actually running a cable business, let alone tackling spam. As for the US image abroad. With more and more people worldwide receiving this stuff - Yes, Comcast etc are doing more harm to the rest of the world's perception of the USA than anyone or anything else.