[QCLUG] Mediacom silliness

[Pat Schaubroeck]

Jim Hall wrote:
> All of us Internet Revealed customers have had a hard time recently. 
> The storm seems to be over for most of us, but there is one issue 
> left. During all this someone with a Revealed address unwittingly 
> became a spammer (that's the one that got the FBI involved, I think). 
> Mediacom blocked ALL of Revealed's network. The problem has since been 
> fixed, but Mediacom won't talk to Revealed or unblock them. I just 
> sent a test to an mchsi address and got a failure notice. This means 
> that I can't communicate with anyone with a mchsi address. It also 
> means none of the rest of you folks with Revealed addresses can either.
>
> There is no person at Mediacom to talk to, and they're not answering 
> Revealed's emails. I understand competition, but this seems like going 
> too far, like dirty pool. After all, it's not Mediacoms Internet.
>
> I was told when I phoned them that the address at Mediacom is 
> "abuse@mchsi.com". If as many people as possible would email them and 
> POLITELY ask them to remove the block, it might help. Most especially 
> if you are a Mediacom customer. It might even be interesting if they 
> got a lot of phone calls, too. hehehehe
>
> Thanks for the soapbox.
>
> Jim
>
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I received this so I guess some are getting through.

Pat Schaubroeck