Who's willing to drop their long distance out of protest and to send a

message to the companies about how upset they are.


My wife's friend is now buying calling cards and sending them with a letter encouraging her friends and family to drop their long distance carriers at least.


unfortunately in our area we have to use Verizon as local service.

until I come up with something better for an ISP in my area. :-(

Cell phones and prior to that phone cards and "dime line" service.

We are fortunate for the local service; we have several options and one is a small area company that has quality service and low prices. I love competition.

and unless you want to go back to CB radio or tomato cans and string, they got us.

beginning in 2001.

I dropped SBC/AT&T for DSL service when they were pushing so hard two or three months ago, wrote and told them straight up why I was leaving and that my phone service still hung in the balance. The day it passed committee I dropped that too, went to Vonage.

There's a video worth watching for anyone who isn't clear on what the issue is yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RQrxkGgCM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecoanews%2Eorg%2Fnetfreedom

is one of the bad guys or one of the good guys.
If anyone knows.. let me know.

I'd drop em in a heartbeat if they compromised my privacy

I guess this is good news.. but the legal weasel words still raises my suspicions

"Dear C_U_L8R
My name is Christy. Thank you for contacting the Email Support Staff. We are happy to provide you with the exceptional customer service you deserve.

In response to your recent email in regards to recent news stories about the National Security Agency, RCN did not provide information to NSA and are committed to the privacy and confidentiality of our customer‚s personally identifiable information. RCN maintains a privacy policy under which RCN does not disclose such information unless disclosure is required by legal process. I have provided a link below for RCN‚s privacy policy in its entirety.

www.rcn.com/legal/privacy_policy.php

Thank you for your patience in this matter. If you should have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact the Email Support Staff. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you."

I am currently investigating whether or not we can sue them. My first thoughts are that
there may be a right to privacy which has been violataed by these corps.