I'm sure that happens even more then we realize. Anyone can join the list, and harvest data from it. What vendor wouldn't want such a source of targeted customers? I have often thought that it would be great to have a listserv without vendors. The other challenge to having vendors on the list is that I sense that a lot of people are fearful of having candid discussions regarding their experiences with the vendors present. The result is that we as consumers are left at a severe disadvantage in obtaining data to make informed decisions. Pete Morrissey From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sessler Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] List abuse? SecureW2
I'd be interested in knowing if other members on the list who are Cloudpath customers have recently been contacted by SecureW2? I received and unsolicited marketing email from them today touting their product, including the fact that "quite a few" former XpressConnect customers have switched to them. As proof, the marketing email links back to a Jan 16th discussion on this list where someone from Rutgers posted about their experience. I suspect they collected my email from the list thus why I'm interested in knowing if other Cloudpath customers on the list got a similar email. Do the educause list rules allow use of posts in marketing? For Rutgers, are you aware Securew2 is using you in their marketing material? best, Jeff ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
