Given that providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services normally do not exercise actual control over the transmission of signals over networks, the degree of risk for such services can be considered in some respects to be lower than for traditional electronic communications services.
Ós rud é nach bhfeidhmíonn soláthraithe seirbhísí cumarsáide idirphearsanta neamhspleách ar uimhir rialú iarbhír tarchur comharthaí thar líonraí, is féidir a mheas gur lú méid an riosca do na seirbhísí sin ar roinnt bealaí ná do sheirbhísí cumarsáide leictreonaí traidisiúnta.