[NA-Discuss] Speeking of "Moral Police":Verizon Denies DSL Because of Subscriber's Name

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Who's the "Moral Police now"?  Seems that Verizon has taken it
upon themselves to be so.  And it took the "Enquirer"! to get them
off the dime?!  Well let's hope this fine Dr. doesn't try to register
his last name as a DN, like maybe Libshitz.edu?  Or maybe
Libshitz.info?  >:)  Note: one has to have a sense of humor to
appriciate these things of course...

See:

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
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/26089374.html
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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