Qwest’s NSA Stance Attracts
New Customers, Say Phone Reps
Qwest, the telecommunications company that refused to hand over phone records to the National Security Agency, saw a surge in new customers over the weekend, according to our survey of Qwest customer service representatives.
“Oh yeah, it’s been busy around here,” said Becky. “We’ve been getting almost twice the normal amount and a lot of people switching their service.” According to Sandra, another representative, “A lot of people have switched over from their providers because they’re upset about AT&T and Verizon handing over records to the government.”
None of the six representatives we interviewed could cite the opposite circumstance, a Qwest customer who dropped their service over the company’s stance.
A spokesman for Qwest, Bob Toeves, refused to confirm or deny an increase in subscribers: “We’re not commenting on matters related to national security.”
Although Qwest has a reputation for poor customer service and confusing bills, the company has been able to attract new customers since the beginning of the year. Just a week before USA Today’s revelation about the company’s stance regarding the NSA’s efforts, Qwest recorded its first quarterly profit since mid-2000, surging 54%, driven by sales of long-distance and Internet service.
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May 15th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
Who owns Quest ???? Our good friends
Car-lie-all Group….
May 15th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
wow…qwest…a beacon for freedom, who could have imagined!
May 15th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
A beacon for freedom… right. I know of at least one category of new customers that will be flocking to Qwest:
Terrorists.
Vic
May 16th, 2006 at 6:05 am
In the end, the NSA program is not about “national security” or fighting terrorists. It is just another front in a long-running war against the liberties of the American people: freedoms which are despised and feared by elites who believe that their power and privilege are the only genuine “national interests.”
Who knows? Tomorrow we may see Qwest in collusion with these elites on some other front. But right now, in this fight, they have been a champion of liberty and deserve our thanks. So go show them some love. But in the words of the late, great Johnny Cash: keep your eyes wide open all the time.
http://www.thankyouqwest.org/
May 16th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Vic’s comment concerning terrorists is a typical Republican comeback. I really don’t care if I live next door to a terrorists, I don’t want my freedom from unreasonable search impaired. I can tell from all the prosecutions what a great benefit this NSA program is to iliminating the bad guy. Why just the other day we got rid of that nasty man Ramsey Yusef…oh yeah…it was the Phillipine Gov that did that, sorry. And we got Osama? Well…at least we got that mastermind Zacarias Moussaoui…his searing intellect caused my arthritist to flair up. Just thinking about all the cells implanted in America our wiretaps have broken up, makes me sleep better at night. Glad to have NSA on the job.
You guys crack me up.
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May 23rd, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Thank you Dave Newton,
I hate the fact that people think any of this will actually prevent terrorism. The only way to stop terrorism is to satisfy the reason they want to terrorize you. cause you will never thwart them totally. and we are giving up out freedom / liberties in the mean while.
at least with the war on drugs you have evidence, ie pile of drugs. with the war on terror you can only say —- see they didn’t do what they were going to do —
TH
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October 17th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Hello,
I am a journalism student the University of Nevada. I am working a piece about the brief history of blogging. I would like to develop a positive profile of Blogging, and those who participate in it . . I would be a great help if you would please answer these questions.
How long have you been posting your Blog?
Why did you create it?
How many people read your Blog?
How often do you post?
Do you feel that you are getting you point across with it?
Have received and feedback from any unfamiliar readers?
What is the hardest part of writing your blog?
How do you view the role of blogging today? In the future?
Are blogs a legitimate news source? If not, do you think they will become one?
If you were offered $100,000 for you blog, under the stipulation that someone could pick your subject matter would you take it?
Do you ever read the blogs of others?
What role, if any will blogging play in the media (in the future)?
Do have a “target audience”?
Please, add any comment you have on the general subject of blogging or any specific issue you may choose to discuss.
Thank you for you time and help,
Robert Madigan
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