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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:Monopoly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like the Libshitz guy who gets punches in his face? LOVESHITS wtf cant jews pick better names? Heh, and they call them self the choosen people, what about the disgraced by God people.

  2. Re:Sorry to say: typical American by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Troll

    For someone who hates America so much, you certainly have a keen interest in the subject. You'd think that a sophisticated European would simply look down his nose and refuse to have anything to do with such vulgar people. More to the point, an entirely sophisticated person would not immediately jump on a tenuous connection between an email profanity filter and the whole of America being broken. It's as if you sit around and think about it all day and talk about it every chance you get, no matter how distant the current topic is.

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    Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
  3. Re:This has nothing to do with his name.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since your name suggests you're thoroughly un-Jewish, good luck moving to Israel. Their immigration policy is about as blatant as a WHITES ONLY sign on a South African beach.

  4. Waaaahhhhhhh!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's with all the whining lately?

    Why don't you submit a story? Or play with slashcode? Or troll creatively?

    And what is this "credibility" you speak of? What part of "user-submitted" and "discussion" do you not get?

    Seriously...

  5. Re:Monopoly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like the Libshitz guy who gets punches in his face? LOVESHITS wtf cant jews pick better names? Heh, and they call them self the choosen people, what about the disgraced by God people.

    Indeed.

  6. 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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    -- Sex is the antonym of pringles. Once you pop it's time to stop.