Avoiding Spam on the Wireless Internet

While "Spam" the product may refer to a tasty and affordable lunch meat, spam on the Internet is best left avoided (of course, some people would argue that this applies to the product as well). Spam refers to the phenomenon of "junk" e-mails and other unsolicited communications that can clog bandwidth reserved for legitimate communications. There is a constant spam "arms race" between producers of spam and companies who attempt to fight it on customers' behalf, and knowing a few things about this phenomenon can help you better enjoy your mobile broadband or other Internet service.

Thus far in the year 2011, approximately seven trillion spam messages have been sent. Unsolicited commercial messages have been around since the days of the telegram, when telegram "spam," believe it or not, was sent in 1864. The phenomenon of "junk mail," or using postal services to send advertisements, comprised nearly 50% of total postal traffic in 2003 and is considered a nuisance by many people. The first Internet "spam" message is generally perceived to be a mass Usenet posting (Usenet is akin to today's Internet "forums" or "bulletin boards") sent out by U.S. immigration lawyers in 1994. From a tiny seed has grown a massive tree of electronic commercial advertising.

The main problem with spam, as is the problem with physical junk mail, is that it consumes resources which could otherwise be used more productively. In the case of paper junk mail, time spent by people who have to open their mail and assess whether the message has any relevance to them can really add up. This is not helped by the somewhat deceptive marketing techniques employed on junk mailers, which for example can somewhat resemble official government correspondence in an attempt to induce people to open them. There are also serious environmental concerns due to the proliferation of unsolicited paper mailings. As for electronic junk mail, the concern about taking up people's valuable time certainly exists. Furthermore, junk mail consumes a significant part of the bandwidth resources of Internet service providers, including mobile broadband providers, which increases the costs of providing Internet functionality. These costs are often passed on directly to consumers.

While spam is distributed perhaps primarily through e-mail, wireless Internet users should know that unsolicited communication can come in many forms. Instant messaging, widely in use on smart phones, can contain spam messages, as can text messages, video sharing sites, and blog comments. Thus, the realm of spam extends to the full range of tasks you can accomplish on a smart phone. It may therefore be advisable to contact your mobile service provider about strategies that you can employ together to reduce the amount of spam you receive. There may also be third-party commercial spam filters that you can implement to reduce the time you have to spend dealing with spam on your mobile service.

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