As update to my prior post: I received this email today in response to an email I sent to Verizon Wireless' public policy director:
Thank you for contacting us on this important issue. We issued the
following statement. Please share with interested folks.
JNels
VERIZON WIRELESS STATEMENT ON TEXT MESSAGING
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - On Wednesday, September 26, Verizon
Wireless received a letter from NARAL regarding the company's policy on
text messaging. The following statement may be attributed to Jeffrey
Nelson, spokesperson for Verizon Wireless.
"The decision to not allow text messaging on an important,
though sensitive, public policy issue was incorrect, and we have fixed
the process that led to this isolated incident.
"Upon learning about this situation, senior Verizon Wireless executives
immediately reviewed the decision and determined it was an incorrect
interpretation of a dusty internal policy. That policy, developed
before text messaging protections such as spam filters adequately
protected customers from unwanted messages, was designed to ward against
communications such as anonymous hate messaging and adult materials sent
to children.
"Verizon Wireless is proud to provide services such as text
messaging, which are being harnessed by organizations and individuals
communicating their diverse opinions about issues and topics. We have
great respect for this free flow of ideas and will continue to protect
the ability to communicate broadly through our messaging service."
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