Verizon wireline's 7 day service window
If you want to know one of the supporting reasons why Verizon continues to lose landlines, it boils down to one word: service. My Verizon landline died sometime yesterday. I placed a service call last...
View ArticleStraight talk from a Verizon supervisor…
At 11:40 AM, a Verizon supervisor — the second tier guys who actually know what the f*** is going on — called me back and clarified the status of the phone repair– 1) The copper is dead between my...
View ArticleMore repair activity from Verizon this Saturday
Pull into my driveway at approximately 2:30 PM today to see the s local Verizon guy in front of my access box (NIC), and there’s a piece of gray wire coming out of it, looped around/across my...
View ArticleVerizon repair Sunday phone call
Verizon supervisors work on Sundays, it appears. I spent 10 minutes on the phone going over the repair status of my Verizon landline with a Verizon supervisor. I currently have dial-tone through a...
View ArticleVerizon landline dialtone restored, but questions remain.
At one point this morning, there were two Verizon trucks plus a contractor’s pickup with backhoe at the ready. Turns out they only need a couple of shovels. Around the corner, the lead Verizon tech of...
View ArticleFrance Telecom goes flat-rate—As goes France, so does the world?
About two weeks ago, France Telecom (www.francetelecom.com) moved out of a rate-zone pricing scheme and into flat-rate pricing, with landline calls made between any points within mainland France...
View ArticleNew mobile service: AT&T or Verizon?
While I’ve had Sprint since forever, I’m in the process of reviewing other options. Sure I’ve got “unlimited” data, but I’ve been paying the $10 extra for WiMax, but I’ve only used it a handful of...
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