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Verizon Denies DSL Because of Subscriber's Name

Posted by kdawson on from the gravel-in-ya-guts-and-the-spit-in-ya-eye dept.

mikek2 writes "When retired Philadelphia-area doctor and Vietnam veteran Dr. Herman I. Libshitz went to upgrade his dial-up connection to Verizon DSL, he was informed they wouldn't complete the order because his last name contained an expletive. Repeated calls to several levels of management at Verizon failed to resolve the problem, with several managers suggesting he change his last name. It all worked out in the end, after the Philadelphia Enquirer intervened."

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  1. Re:the name fits here by Brain+Damaged+Bogan · · Score: 0, Troll

    "In the end, the only way to make any system work is to punish the cheaters." by giving them huge 7+ figure severence packages when they drive a multinational into the ground

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