And yet, today, I had to admit the sad truth.
VERIZON SUCKS. VERIZON SPAMS.
Let me explains.
Verizon is my ISP. I have a verizon address that I never EVER give to anyone. The only people who have it is this site (one sg account uses it as a protected address).
Yet today, I saw in my Verizon mailbox a message signed by Verizon, with their copyright, babbling about Grammys coverage. Aggravating factor, this message wasn't sent by Verizon, but by Chtah.com (aka CheetahMail), a subsidiary of Experian, who is well known for selling your credit info to any idiot with a few dollars.
Needless to say, CheetaMail will protect this email address the way they protect my financial info, and oh by the way, I get about 20 credit card offers a week.
And here is the subject of their spam:
Catch Live GRAMMY?s All Access Coverage from Verizon Online
Yep, that's right, no ADV tag, this breaks the CAN-SPAM act. Josh, you're the lawyer, what do you think? Do you have a colleague that wants a chunk of Verizon's spare change?
Finally, I double-checked that my account preference in the Verizon IE-only web site are indeed saying "No, don't spam me".
Conclusion: I am really, really PISSED at Verizon. I am looking at other ISPs. Cable is dirt-cheap in my area, so Verizon might kiss me and my money good-bye.