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[ NNSquad ] Verizon terminating SMTP relay service


----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> -----

Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:59:12 -0400
From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: [IP] tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective immediately
Reply-To: dave@farber.net
To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>



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From: Larry Press <lpress@csudh.edu>
Date: August 10, 2009 12:13:11 AM EDT
To: "dave@farber.net" <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective  
immediately

Dave,

Verizon Wireless is still in business, but they too shut services down at 
will.  They have announced that as of August 29, they will stop their SMTP 
relay service:

http://support.vzw.com/information/smtp_shutdown.html

They claim it is a service they had been offering at no charge, but it  
seems to me that it was part of the bundle the customers had signed up for 
(not a separate line item on the bill).

Would the FCC have jurisdiction or anything to say about this case?

A bit more and some links at:

http://cis471.blogspot.com/2009/08/verizon-wireless-terminates-free-email.html

Larry Press





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