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 __ Matt Levine <matt@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@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Shawn McMahon Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:35 PM To: nanog@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.