[MichaelZuo]

How does this relate to the discussion?

No one outside the telecom's accounting department will have the figures handy to know either way. And the net balance would certainly would be proprietary information that won't be shared on HN in any case.

[icedchai]

If there’s no financial incentive for companies to stop this stuff, it won’t happen. That’s how.

[MichaelZuo]

We will never discover whether it's one way or the other via HN comments, so it's an irrelevant point.

It's not even possible to talk about it in any substantive capacity.