Gonzalo Servat wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I just received an email notice from FWD about $30 membership fee. > My question: Is the email genuine? Did anybody else receive it? > > I'm just trying to be sure that it is real and not a scam. > The (FWD) does not do anything to authenticate such emails > (implementing GPG/PGP signature etc.) > > If the email is genuine, I hope they will improve their service; > as of now their IAX server is not working. > > > I just went to www.freeworlddialup.com > <http://www.freeworlddialup.com> and the top banner says something > about Paid Membership which links to: > > http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=138192 > > I'm not sure whether they will discontinue offering the "free" > accounts. I sure hope not, they would have to consider a name change > too. I don't really use FWD but I'm sure a lot of users would be affected. > > - Gonzalo
From what I can ascertain, this is a way to essentially fund Jeff Pulver's political agenda. I remember writing something a couple of years back ( http://neil.ideasip.com/2006/03/08/von-coalition-and-the-ideals-of-the-little-guy/ ) about how the VON Coalition, which is meant to be a political action committee to help foster new communications, has a somewhat high barrier to entry (minimum $10,000 per year). As far as I can tell, this FWD membership is a less expensive way for people to put their money behind a similar agenda (well... okay, Jeff's agenda, whatever that may be). The only real issue I see with it is that, a political action committee is a committee. The FWD membership seems a little less transparent. It could very well be a way to fund Jeff Pulver's personal vision. While he's done some great things in the community, I still feel awkward with the idea of funding the whole "One man. One voice. One decision. No oversight" idea. I'm eager to see how it pans out, though. N. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
