Qwest (fwd)

Fri Apr 13 20:56:51 UTC 2001

Personally I don't think it's an unfair question, however, I would think
that it is bad business for Qwest to make that their standard practice.
Something like this would probably go much further:

Hello,

	I'm a sales droid from Qwest.  I'm wondering who you are using as your
network provider, as Qwest has some very exciting opportunities that we
think you would be able to take advantage of.  If you'd like more
information about our services, please reply to this email or give me a
call at the number below.

Thank you for your time,
Mr. Droid

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Matt Levine <matt at deliver3.com>

"I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body.
Then I realized who was telling me this."
 -- Emo Phillips

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
Shawn McMahon
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:35 PM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Qwest (fwd)

On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:16:16PM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote:
>
> One of the guys here just got a call from Qwest asking the exact same
> thing. (Phone-spam this time, instead..).

Am I the only person here who doesn't think it's very intrusive of someone
to send an email asking "who is your network provider?"

I mean, for Pete's sake, it's five words, and it's something any of your
customers could ask you.

If one of them walks up and asks that, do you spit in their face, or just
punch them?  Maybe call the police and have them ejected for trespassing?

Jeez, just hit "delete" and go on with your life.

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