Verizon vs. Europe

mikrorechner writes "The Register has a story about Verizon blocking all incoming email from Europe since 22 December. Why? To reduce spam. I know that some providers block countries like South Korea by default, but I was not aware that Europe was seen as a major spam source. Well, it seems Verizon knows better..."

Comments

Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic...

[iainl]

I was considering blocking the entire IP range for the US, since I never get anything other than spam from there.

Native language spam

[GtKincaid]

Living in europe , and having several difrent european email address , i cant recall one bit of spam that came from the EU .. im not saying it dosnt exist but logicaly since i have a .de email address (germany)
why is all my spam in American english (im not german i only live here) but everyone i talk to around here gets a vast marjority of the spam from companys in the USA........anyway...

Verizons policy seems to be the equvilent of chopping off your legs because you have a rash on you right big toe!

What is it about Verizon?

[squiggleslash]

Virtually every story I hear about Verizon involves them blocking this, censoring that, outlawing the other. They seem to be the biggest control freaks in the telecommunications industry, and I used to live in Britain and had to put up with British Telecom, so trust me, I don't mean that lightly.

Maybe it's time to turn "Verizon" into a verb. As in:

I can't get to this website, either it's down or the firewall admin's verizoned it.
Damn it, this music download shop is totally verizoned, I can't even burn these files to a CD!
If you're planning to get to West Palm Beach today you might want to take the turnpike, I hear they've verizoned half of I-95 due to construction.

BTW, just to remind people 'cos this comes up a lot. While Verizon and Verisign are both power-mad groups with some connection to communications, they're not the same company. Thank you.

Re:What is it about Verizon?

[some guy I know]

I've noticed that companies whose name begins with the letter "V" can't be trusted.
For example, I have had business with about a dozen car dealerships.
The only two that I had trouble with had names beginning with the letter "V".
I don't do business any more with companies whose names begin with the letter "V".
I would advise everyone else to do the same.

Oh, yeah, and the Van Allen Belt contains radiation that is dangerous or lethal to astronauts.
Coincidence?
I think not!

Also, "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" was the worst Star Trek movie evar.
So don't trust the letter "V", even when it means "5".