Verizon Sued Over Aggresive Email Blockage
from the Europe?--who-needs-to-talk-to-Europe? dept
Verizon has been getting a lot of negative publicity over their decision to block a large percentage of foreign email for American customers. While their response so far has been to tell people to go "make a phone call" if they can't contact loved ones, colleagues or friends outside of the US, it appears that some people feel the matter is a little more serious. They're working on putting together a class action lawsuit against Verizon, suggesting that they were misled when told that the company was offering them email access -- which tends to come without strings. This, of course, is a problem that's been discussed plenty of times before. Filtering spam is tricky, and many users do want spam filters -- but there should be some element of user choice and user control over how those spam filters work. Simply blocking out huge sections of the emailing world seems beyond extreme to the point of actively driving away a number of customers.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Pay... is great, it should be better for what these ass HOLES put you through.
Respect.... you got to be kidding, what is that.
Benefits... are good also, they have to be, never been so freaking STRESS OUT before in my whole life
Job Security.... what the fuck is that
work/life balance... give me a break, women with children, well don't have any working for these ass holes
I AM NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS,CAUSE IT'S ALL BULL SHIT. THIS CALL CENTER IS THE WORST. THEY NEED TO CLOSE THIS BUILDING AND START ALL OVER. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THIS PLACE IS A FUCKING JOKE. IF YOU AREN'T GAY FOR GET IT. YOU HAVE TO SUCK UP OR SHUT UP.
SOMEONE NEED TO CALL CHANNEL 7 NEWS SO THEY CAN PUT THIS SHIT ON TV. IT IS SO SAD HOW THEY TREAT THERE EMPLOYEES.
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