Friday, April 22, 2005

Verizon gets weirder

You may recall I was a bit gobsmacked a few months ago to hear that Verizon had blocked the entire continent of Europe from sending email to its customers, as a way of blocking spam. (My comments here.)

While I was checking to see if there had been any developments in the ensuing law suit, I came across this article which made me smile. The story hasn’t been picked up by any of the major news wires as far as I can see, so maybe the Chief Exec was being quoted out of context to invent a story. Nevertheless, in light of the company’s bizarre stance on Europe, one has to wonder…

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