it would cost a lot of money, especially if carriers limit the number of numbers you can call each month before an additional charge (100-200 numbers / month then extra fee ?)
Anything like this would still have to be affordable enough for call centers and businesses. A pharmacy can easily have 10-20 lines: A few for the cash registers, a couple for the office, and a bunch for the pharmacy (they might still have a fax line too). It is easy to see how a call center or a large department store (wal-mart) might reach 100 lines.
And on top of that, you'd somehow have to make this international and get other folks to enforce this - and this is assuming the scam call centers are following the law in ways that the country in question can actually enforce.
I always like the sound of the simple solutions, but every time I get look into these details, I can understand why they don't just work.
Anything like this would still have to be affordable enough for call centers and businesses. A pharmacy can easily have 10-20 lines: A few for the cash registers, a couple for the office, and a bunch for the pharmacy (they might still have a fax line too). It is easy to see how a call center or a large department store (wal-mart) might reach 100 lines.
And on top of that, you'd somehow have to make this international and get other folks to enforce this - and this is assuming the scam call centers are following the law in ways that the country in question can actually enforce.
I always like the sound of the simple solutions, but every time I get look into these details, I can understand why they don't just work.