Speakeasy Wins Spamhaus Whitehat Network Award
Speakeasy recognized for outstanding service as a proactive, spam-defeating network
SEATTLE, April 17, 2009—Speakeasy (www.speakeasy.net), a Best Buy company (NYSE:BBY), has been awarded the Spamhaus Whitehat Network Award in acknowledgment of its work as a proactive, anti-spam network. The award officially confirms Speakeasy as a "proactive, no-spam-tolerance network" as recognized by The Spamhaus Project, an organized effort to provide real-time, anti-spam protection for Internet networks.
"Speakeasy is a Whitehat Network because we empower the individual business, yet enforce a terms of service when needed," said Dave Dennis, Speakeasy's Network Security Lead. "In the event of a spam-listing, Speakeasy's clean reputation with various spam trackers, like Spamhaus, works in the customer's favor to get them delisted."
Because of Speakeasy's commitment to maintaining an anti-spam network, Speakeasy customers can be confident that their IP addresses are clean and reputable. Additionally, customers can be sure that their network will not be subject to spam-listing due to the status of neighboring IP addresses.
The Spamhaus Block List (SBL), created by The Spamhaus Project, is a database of IP addresses of spam-sources, including known spammers, spam gangs, spam operations and spam support services. The database is maintained every day, around the clock, by Spamhaus Project team members around the world.
For more about Speakeasy's awards and recognitions, please visit:
www.speakeasy.net/awards.
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About Speakeasy
Speakeasy is one of the nation's leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers. Speakeasy helps small businesses succeed by offering simplified voice and data solutions that improve the customer experience, increase employee productivity and help cut costs. Based in Seattle, Speakeasy has provided award-winning customer service since 1994 and joined the Best Buy family of companies in April 2007, working with Best Buy For Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S. Visit Speakeasy at www.speakeasy.net or call 800.556.5829.