Matt Hatfield, executive director of the non-profit advocacy group OpenMedia, suggests the telecoms may be refusing to fold because even if they lose the battle, they will still have made money during the period they were able to charge the fees.
"Over that time, they will collect more revenue than what they expect they'll be fined," he said. "So it's in their financial interest to do it."
We need a law that automatically increases a fine to include all revenue earned directly or indirectly with proof of connection to the violation.
Fines being a cost-of-business is nothing more than flagrant disregard for the just rule of law.