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Verizon vs. Europe

Posted by Hemos on from the who-knows-the-truth dept.

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..."

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  1. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic... by iainl · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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  2. What is it about Verizon? by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Insightful
    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.
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