Tell the FCC not to let telcos censor your text-messages!
Verizon's new policy on text messaging could give it the ability to go on blocking political text-messages that its customers have asked to receive. Public Knowledge wants you to tell the FCC that you don't want your phone company deciding what kind of political speech you can enjoy:
This past September, Verizon blocked its customers from receiving NARAL Pro-Choice America action alert text messages—messages that Verizon’s customers asked to receive...Link (Thanks, Art!)Explain to the FCC now how you use text messages. Tell them if you subscribe to alerts from causes you believe in, if your organization text messages or short codes to reach its supporters, and tell them every other way in which text messaging and freedom of speech on our phone networks are important to you.
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I'm just curious if the Do-Not-Call list counts towards SMS...I had it blocked on my previous phones because I didn't want to pay for it, but my iPhone doesn't have this option. And now I've taken to actually using it for a few friends...but I've also got spammie messages from companies that claim that they had a prior contact with someone with my number (yeah right...I've had the same number for 15 years).
I'm just curious if the Do-Not-Call list counts towards SMS
The DNC list is a bit of a joke anyway. You're not supposed to receive 'sales' calls. Have you noticed how many calls now start with, "This is a courtesy call." Mortgage companies can call constantly because they're not construed as selling something. If you receive a call that clearly violates the law, you can file a written complaint with the FCC. If they get a lot of complaints against one company, they may decide to pursue it. So, basically, the DNC law knocked out the vacuum cleaner sales calls and not much else.
I love the idea of getting the FCC to regulate so that wireless providers won't censor, but don't have a lot of faith that a Bush-controlled FCC will do anything to help customers at the expense of companies. On the other hand, a class-action contract lawsuit by subscribers seeking a refund of monthly fees for any month in which texts were blocked might make Verizon et al. think twice about this sort of monkey business.
If the telcos like Verizon suck so bad and like doing bad things to us, why are you guys accepting ad revenue from them on BBtv? It's very contradictory.
I tried to get text messages turned off on my phone, but Tmobile actually refused to do it, claiming some lame excuse about my voice mail being connected to text. I never use SMS, but am forced to pay for a service that I did not request, do not want, and can not refuse. I am on a 2 year contract. Isn't that called "bundling" and therefor illegal?