A friend of mine said this is posted on Soul Patrol


Hello fellow Taylor fan!

I'm contacting you because we have reason to believe you are a Taylor fan living in the either the Pacific or Mountain Time Zones. If that's the case, you may be interested in the following information:

You are currently able to vote for Taylor only during the two-hour Pacific Time Zone or Mountain Time Zone voting windows following broadcast of the "American Idol" in your area, using your phone or text-messaging. However, some of us have recently become aware of a method by which Pacific and Mountain Time Zone fans can actually vote for Taylor during the earlier Eastern Time Zone period as well (which occurs between 6pm-8pm Pacific Time, and 7pm - 9pm Montain Time). Obviously, this method involves "bending the rules", and therefore we do not want the people at "American Idol" to be aware of it. Therefore, we ask that you PLEASE NOT post the following information on any "American Idol" related public message board. We encourage you to forward it to other Taylor supporters in your time zone, but only on a "private message" or email basis.
All you have to do is download a FREE computer program called "Skype" from the following website: www.skype.com. It allows you to make phone calls over the internet that appear to be originating in the Eastern Time Zone, even though you're in a different time zone. This is because all calls placed via the program are routed through aggregator numbers located in the Eastern U.S.

Step-by-step instructions on downloading and using Skype to vote for Taylor appear below. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions/problems. But please do NOT post this information on any public board. Also, please use ONLY phone and text-messaging voting methods during your USUAL voting period, as they are the best and most reliable methods. Use Skype ONLY to make additional voting calls during the Eastern Time Zone voting period when you are not able to use the other methods.

I hope you use this information to register even MORE votes for Taylor than you already do, and help him to realize his dream of being the next American Idol!


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STEP-
BY-S
TEP INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO USE SKYPE

1. Download Skype from skype.com and install the program

2. Follow directions to create a user name w/ password to log in.

3. No need to do the mic test, unless you’re planning to use Skype for actual calls.

4. The progam opens on the ‘contacts’ tab. To the right of this tab, you have the ‘dial’ and then the ‘history’ tabs.

5. Click on the dial tab. Here, you will type +1866436570X (where X = idol number assigned to Taylor) - then click on the green phone button at the bottom of the screen. [note: you MUST type "+" before the number]

6. It will be like calling from a regular phone, except there’s no redial button. So either a) the call goes through, in which case you can hang up by clickin on the red phone button; or it’ll be busy, so you click on the red phone button to hang up.

7. If you get a message saying the other party is "busy", the program automatically disconnects the call. You can then instantly "redial" the number by clicking on the green button.

8. However, if your call goes through and you hear Taylor's voice thanking you for voting, you must quickly click on the red tab to end the call, after which hitting the green button will NOT automatically redial the number. One way to redial is to go to the ‘history’ tab (to the right of the ‘dial’ tab) which shows the number you just dialed. Make sure it’s highlighted, then click on the green phone button to dial again. Another way is to copy the number onto your clipboard, and just paste it into the white box.

RICHMOND, VA (May 15, 2006) Cavalier Telephone, a leading provider of voice and high speed internet service throughout the mid-Atlantic and one of Richmond's 50 largest employers, announced today that they will continue to provide Richmond area residents with an easy way to support Elliott Yamin's quest to become the next American Idol. Cavalier will again establish phone banks at the Downtown Richmond Bottoms Up location and Melito's restaurant at 8815 Three Chopt Road .

“Last week's events went better than expected and we estimate that over 12,000 calls were placed from the two locations,” said Andy Lobred, Cavalier Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. “Melito's and Bottoms Up have been terrific partners and provide excellent opportunities for people to have a fun evening while they are supporting Elliott.”

Cavalier sets up a group of phones at each restaurant where customers can cast their votes quickly using the “ELLIOTT” speed dial keys marked on each phone. With so many American Idol fans calling from Richmond during the voting time, Cavalier has engineered its network to allow some calls placed from the phone banks to travel along Cavalier's fiber network to Northern Virginia or Philadelphia before going on to American Idol to help increase the chances of getting calls completed.
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This is just so messed up.

Sorry if you seem to be the last to know, but this is kind of "old news". I first saw this letter posted about 4 days ago, and I think it's already posted somewhere here on this site a couple times.

It is shocking, though.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA????? ...can that be true???

This has already been posted and please watch your language Ladybug, that is completely unnecessary to post here.