From: STAN PHILLIPS 
Subject: Re: Explanation of the name and purpose of the Blink Link  company
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At 11:06 AM 3/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Forwarded mail received from:
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>Stan,
>
>Just to indicate how I got to know of your email address,
>forwarded note attached.
>
>Could you tell me if you have any plans to extend your service
>overseas? I am writing from the UK and would be very interested
>in such a service, or helping set one up.
>
>Just wondered.
>
>STeve Tyler      Date:  03/07/1998  06:06 pm  (Saturday)  
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>        CC:  PB.SMTP("VICUG-L@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU")
>   Subject:  Explanation of the name and purpose of the Blink Link 
>             company
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>From: STAN PHILLIPS 
>Subject: interesting observation!
>To: blindlaw@NFBnet.org (Multiple recipients of NFBnet BlindLaw Mailing 
ist)
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>Mr. Steve Hurd,
>Secretary Bonnie, on behalf of Mr. Phillips;  Who is out of Town with an
>exploited child case he is working on.
>I have read your messages as exchanged by and between yourself and Bill
>Reif;  For which Mr. Phillips, has instructed me to transmitt the following:
>Gentlemen, I find these messages regarding the name "Blink Link
>Tele-Communication Corporation," to in all honesty have used the time and
>energy of two who appear to be rather wise Gentlemen defending an issue
>that I believe need not have so much of your valueable time.
>I would as The Founder of Blink Link Tele-Communications Corporation, give
>the facts of how this business named actually came about.
>By way of background, I being a totally blind person and not liking the
>treatment being given me at my public high school, did in 1971, walk out
>for good.  I proceeded to enroll in adult continuing education at a
>community college, graduated on time, thereafter finished my four year
>degree at California State, then three more years in law school.  Because I
>had dropped out of high school, I got no aid from any government or charity
>entities whatsoever.  I bit the dust more times than I care to remember.
>Thereafter I have by the grace of GOD enjoyed much success in the business
>banking profession.  Here today I am able to retire from my law practice
>and give this worthy enterprise all my best;  Not only abilities, but
>substantial financial resources.
>OK now that I have told you where I am coming from, I would like to tell
>you where I am going and why:
>I was just a couple of months ago granted one of a few telecommunications
>licenses being offered by The F. C. C.  I gave a great deal of thought to
>simply taking one of the rather desirable offers made to me by a couple of
>the major phone companies and walk with my profits.  However I spent allot
>of time just thinking about how this might better help some people enjoy
>the blessing of GOD as I have.  As I thought back on my life I said to
>myself, remember those blind students you left behind in that "special
>education class?"  That made me decide I was going to search out a few
>visually impaired people who have enough going for themselves without being
>mad at the World to give an opportunity for success.  I had zero contact
>with other blind persons in some twenty five plus years.  Actually I had no
>idea how I was going to find these blind people to help me enjoy this
>blessing from GOD.  So while I was running that through my mind, I
>contacted an advertising agency in Chicago, and a survey company in New
>York.  I told them I wanted to start a new telecommunications company, and
>to find me a name for the business.  Neither of them knew me, nor had they
>ever met me.  Furthermore I did not even tell them I was blind.  I simply
>paid them twenty thousand dollars to telephone survey one thousand people
>and interview some professionals in the long distance phone company
>business.  Frankly, I myself had never known the term "blink" was
>associated with visually impaired people;  And I am certain blind people
>were the furthest thing from the minds of any of the several people working
>in both Companies.  After a great deal of research in the public market
>place they came up with the idea of "making a connection in a blink of any
>eye, link up and save money with your long distance."  In need of making a
>business name short and that could be associated with that marketing fraze
>we all mutually agreed upon "Blink Link Tele-Communications Corporation."
>I proceeded to file my identity documents with The Federal Government, as
>well as articles of incorporation with The State Department of Commerce.
>Once I was ready to go, I then started to search out some visually impaired
>people.  I knew there could never be any financial contribution by them, so
>I together with a couple of my Clients who own an off shore Bank, invested
>the joint venture capital needed.  I just by a stroke of luck  while buying
>my first ever screen reading software and over the phone met my first blind
>friend in many years.
>As he proceeded initially to put the word out for me in to "The Blind
>Community," he in about our third conversation made a rather shocking
>statement:  "OK Stan, I got your private name and number going out to a
>bunch of blinks."  I said, "What the hell is blinks."  He then proceeded to
>inform me of the fact that this  identity tag some blind persons used it.
>When I told him that was the name already licensed to the new phone
>company, he did not believe me.  I had to send him a photo copy of the
>license and he had somebody sighted verify it for himself.
>So when I hear my honorable Associates trying to defend the name, it makes
>me sad and also reminds me of the blind persons I left behind so long ago.
>If the word "blink" appearing in a business name is offensive, then I refer
>you to a copy of The A. T. and T. yellow pages for toll free business
>listing.  According to my Secretary just this evening, there are nineteen
>pages of business in the alpha section which start with the word blink, and
>GOD only knows how many others have the word blink in their names otherwise.
>To relate a verb such as "blink" to an offensive nick name like "nigar" I
>find obserd.  Also to have a sighted person make such a statement calling a
>blind person a "blink" I find rather remarkable.  I am myself blind and in
>twenty eight of my years of being blind, I never knew that untill just two
>months ago.  Further, when in a telephone survey by a very respected survey
>company calling one thousand people did they not have it come up?  Frankly
>the fact of the matter is, most of the real World associates the word
>"blink" as a rapid eye movement or opening and closing of a lens.
>My choice of the words "Blink Link" was in no way connected to blind
>persons.  I did not just give all that money away to the advertising agency
>and survey company;  I took their advise and put it to use.
>If anybody thinks for a minute that Blink Link Tele-Communications
>Corporation, will be successful serving only visually impaired persons,
>think again.  I have a bit more business experience than that.  The fact
>is, I intend to enter the long distance telephone market for all users and
>honestly believe I have a name that the sighted World will relate to just
>as I want them to;  A fast hook up to quality long distance service at a
>competative rate.
>Now I believe if those few people who were objecting to my use of "Blink"
>were to look at my business from a reasonable and fair view, I believe you
>will agree that I made a good business choice.  If you sincerely believe
>visually impaired people have been denied opportunities, then why now when
>the once in a nearly life time the chance comes along for them without
>having a penny to invest get to become owners of a license that already is
>worth millions, why not enjoy the blessing from GOD?
>In closing Gentlemen, I want to thank you for helping me remember how those
>blind students were I was a part of so many years ago.  I am grateful to
>GOD that HE let me escape having nothing to do but find things to complain
>about or bad mouth HIS blessings to another person.  I would like to offer
>as food for your thoughts:  Leave behind the negative and live the
>posative.  I actually learned braille with Stevey Wonder, and we lived only
>a couple of blocks from each other in Detroit as children.  I wonder if his
>success had anything to do with not searching for reasons to associate his
>blindness with anything else, such as failures and negative issues.  He
>once said to me many years later at a dinner in Los Vegus, "Stan I caint
>get off on that blind trip.  They spend to much time talking about their
>vision when they should be playing drums."  Gentlement, I could not have
>agreed with him more;  As that is just what I honestly believe brought me
>to the level of success I enjoy;  I left all that behind and live in the
>posative world.
>Ask yourself this:
>What possible difference does it make if I or any of the other thousands of
>business use blink in their name?
>Actually if I had said something like, "Phones For Blinks," or "Blinks
>Serving You," then I might understand somebody saying we are picking on
>blind people.
>However since that is not true, I rest my case.
>End of dictation of Mr. Phillips;
>With Bonnie, on behalf of:
>Respectfully With Best Regards,
>Stan Phillips
>phone 1-8 8 8-7 7 6-7 8 2 6
>e-mail STANPHILLIPS@WRITEME.COM
>May God bless all of us always.
>
>
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Greetings From The Associates of:
BLINK LINK TELE-COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
phone 1- 800- 4 4 1- 5 4 6 5
visit http://WWW.BLINKLINK.COM
our mailing address
Post Office Box 100
Townville, SC  2 9 6 8 9
Your interest in this exciting new business is treuly welcomed.  We trust=
 the within presentation even though it is brief will provide you with=
 quality fact sufficient to have you become an important part of this=
 success story.
Before getting in to the specifics of what our business is, we want to=
 excite you with a bit of news.  We intend to continue conducting research=
 necessary to develop products and services which are designed for blind and=
 vissually impaired users.  Just a few of those currently being created are=
 talking pagers, voice activated enter re-active computers for customer=
 inquiries by phone, data links, internet, pre-paid calling cards, dial one,=
 local phone services with those features, e-mail, voice mail, and much=
 more.  Too we will offer braille, large print, and other possible=
 accessability mediums for our customers.
As a courtesy to you an over view of long distance telephone calling should=
 help.  There are many products in the form of services offered by the=
 tele-communications industry;  Including calling cards, internet access,=
 confrencing, data transfers, faxcimilies, paging, as well as long distance=
 phone calls and much more.  Specifically the use of long distance as a term=
 means just that;  A telephone call between two points outside your local=
 telephone service area.  Companies offerring one or more of those services=
 are known as "tele-communications product providers."
The Federal Communications Commission, a branch of The United States Federal=
 Government, as well as States' Public Utility Commissions, regulate the=
 tele-communications industry.  This to the extent of granting licenses to=
 operate, terriffing of rates, and granting access to the public network of=
 systems' communications contacts of the enfrastructure.  Having such a=
 license in of i'self is an honor.  Then too have products which provide=
 desirable services to consumers is the makings of a good and profitable=
 enterprise.
Being a provider of long distance tele-communications products is much more=
 than just having a switch and selling access.  Especially when you are a=
 new company without any previous presence in the industry.  Developing a=
 presence in the system, network platform for access, main fram operational=
 hardware, business office, accounting, customer service, marketing,=
 advertising, security, administration, and many other elements are required=
 just to open the door.  Once all that is in place the first customer then=
 can be saught.
Now that you know a little about what a tele-communications company is, we=
 would like to bring you closer to Blink Link.  This venture was a dream of=
 our Founder Stan Phillips, initially on June 15th, 1995;  When the unique=
 idea was actually conceved.  Thereafter it took over two years to acquire a=
 terriffed license from The Federal Communications Commission.  Once that=
 license became a reality, the value of it became a birth for Blink Link. =
 The idea of having a tele-communications company to serve specialty markets=
 became an obvious avenue for major success.  The blind and visually=
 impaired community has long enough had to adapt to products and services; =
 Not this time, the products and services are adapted to the blind and=
 visually impaired.
Once this part of the market is well served Blink Link, will move in to=
 other specialty groups, perhaps next the death, then legal profession, and=
 so on.  As with braille and large print for blind and visually impaired=
 users, so can other custom products be developed to serve those unique=
 industry needs of paying customers.
Armed with all the foregoing creating a business was next in order.  While=
 our Founder could have simply employed a few hundred people and moved in to=
 the tele-communications business faster, it was immediately decided this=
 Company will not only serve the blind and visually impaired community, but=
 will be organized, owned and operated by them.  Which brings us to the=
 current state of affairs here in February of 1998.
Persons are being saught to become Associates of Blink Link=
 tele-Communications Corporation.  There is absolutely no money to invest=
 whatsoever.  In fact if you are ask to do so, make certain you do NOT do=
 that and immediately notify our offices of the attempt.  Those who do=
 decide to become a part of Blink Link, will be ask to contribute time and=
 experties to the orgnaization of this Company.  Those who do so will be=
 titled "Associates," or "helpers."  Who in exchange for their services of=
 time rendered in the creation, organization, administration, research, and=
 development of Blink Link, will receive without payment a given number of=
 the shares of stock for the ownership of This Corporation.  Then once the=
 Business is open and ready to operate, all Associates will be given first=
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