Qwest proves to be only company with backbone against NSA, Bush, and Big Brother

Wow! We usually only hear the bad things and grumblings about our dominant local phone company, Qwest Communications. A story published today by USA Today related to the ongoing NSA/Bush Administration secret phone surveilance of American phone calls says that Qwest was the ONLY phone company in America to refuse the government access to customer phone calls and information!

What will be most interesting will be if Qwest sees an increase in customers switching to their services as a result of this report. Polls have indicated a majority of Americans say they are not concerned with Big Brother listening to their phone conversations so long as it prevents terrorism. Poll responses are far different, however, from the sound of consumers running to the only company with the cajones to say, “No, this may not be legal, this may not be ethical, and the government cannot even tell us which agencies will have access to the information.”

We have a large Qwest call center in Idaho Falls, hopefully some of the workers there can relate if they see an increase in switchovers from other companies.

It is rarely spoken, so we might as well say it: congratulations Qwest. We didn’t know you had it in you to be an industry leader in this manner. The decision to not roll over to questionable government activities reflects the true American spirit.

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