[Centurion2000]

Ok, so there is a point about that ... but 2.2 trillion dollars for a lawsuit ? Isn't that a little over the top ?

[Freemeorkillme]

Providing I have the numbers correct, $2,200,000,000,000/$500=4,400,000,000 junk faxes. That's bookoo dollars in telephony services, equipment depreciation, and untold lost opportunities. 4.4bil in junk faxes.

I do think the suit has merit, but, as someone observed earlier, Cox would probably go bankrupt/file for bankruptcy far in advance of the issuance of a judgement against Fax.com/Cox Comm.

Would it be too extreme to make the following analogy? Let's say that all of a sudden the 911 ,411, local and state police departments, fire departments, etc.. telephony systems became fair game for automated telemarketing-related calls. It would cause quite a dangerous environment, would it not? What do you think?

[steve-b]

but 2.2 trillion dollars for a lawsuit? Isn't that a little over the top?

Not at all. The law sets forth a certain monetary penalty per violation; the defendant has (allegedly) sent out a certain number of spam fax spews to a certain number of targets. I know the education system has been going to hell, but people do still understand the concept of "multiplication", right?

[Poohbah]

The law allows $500 per offending fax, plus $1,000 per in punitive if the faxer doesn't cease and desist upon request.

That's $1,500 per fax. 1.5 billion unsolicited faxes may sound like a lot, but these junk fax outfits typically have hundreds of phone lines, and send millions of faxes per day.