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And Now for a Special word from our friendly neighborhood NAZIS at netcom
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This appeared in My E-mail at netcom a few weeks ago and I thought it was
something people who are looking for a internet server should read...
----------------NETCOMS CENSORSHIP POLICY-----------------------------------
It is not NETCOM's policy to censor messages posted by NETCOM
customers to NETCOM newsgroups or any newsgroups. It is however the
case however that if a customer posts a message critical of NETCOM to
a Netcom forum, NETCOM may try to call and intimidate the poster from
writing any more critical comments to the public forums.
In this particular instance, there was a critical post about
NetCruiser, NETCOM's new software to be released soon. It came to the
attention of NETCOM management and several unsuccessful attempts were
made to "contact" the customer by phone. At that point, the account
was "paralyzed", i.e. the session is terminated after login with a
message to contact NETCOM.
The account was actually "paralyzed" for less than 2 hours (minimizing
any liability on NETCOM's part to actual damages). When the
individual called into NETCOM a conversation took place regarding the
message posted and the individual expressed remorse deemed sufficient
for probationary reinstatement. After the discussion the persons
account was reinstated and credited one month as part of the
agreement for silence on the individual's part.
I also believe that some clarification in terms is needed. When an
Account is "paralyzed", that account is essentially inoperational.
Meaning your files are inaccessable, you cannot receive mail (even if
you have received new messages) etc. During this time no aspect of
your account, except perhaps the "aspect" of your modem connecting
with ours, is working.
This of course is just a prelude, and quite similar, to having your
account canceled or dropped. In this case personal email sent to
your account will bounce, your files are vaporized, and any anonymous
ftp files and directories are trashed. NETCOM does not removed or
drop accounts without at least talking to the customer and making it
clear to them they have no choice in the matter.
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John Hoffman Senior Netcom System Administrator
jhoffman@netcom.com I HATE Fleas !!
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