We will work out a membership application process that fits your unique situation. Click here to see a list of our Organizational Members . Companies that provide Internet access to their employees are subsidizing the cost of somebody else's advertising every time one of their workers receives a junk e-mail. The sender does not reimburse the company for the disk space, the cost of the phone connection or the lost employee time. Companies that try to do business responsibly on the Internet too often find that the most common reaction to an Internet-based business opportunity is suspicion.
Educational institutions are places of learning.
Too often, however, they become targets of unethical advertisers. Computer equipment and Internet access for the majority of .edu domains is either donated by civic-minded groups or individuals or paid for out of tax dollars. A library is another institution where the computer systems are intended for the uplifting of our minds and souls, but often end up being prostituted for the benefit of a greedy few. However, library terminals across the country have been used by junk e-mailers to send their UCE, resulting in the curtailing of computer privileges for the entire population. In addition, the slower appropriations process involved with much governmental work means that governments will often be using older hardware and software, making the system-wide performance degradation of UCE all the more burdensome.