Re: 45 thousand Verizon workers strike in NE US.

Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, willshak said:

> Sorry. Semi-OT. But it is Verizon, not a Sprint or Page Plus topic.
> Maybe some here have Verizon landlines as well.

The wireline company Verizon has no footprint at all where I live (the
wireline provider here is Fairpoint), so so far as I'm concerned, it is
off-topic.

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Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #74.
When I create a multimedia presentation of my plan designed so that my
five-year-old advisor can easily understand the details, I will not
label the disk "Project Overlord" and leave it lying on top of my
desk.

"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
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> Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, willshak said:
>
>> Sorry. Semi-OT. But it is Verizon, not a Sprint or Page Plus topic.
>> Maybe some here have Verizon landlines as well.
>
> The wireline company Verizon has no footprint at all where I live (the
> wireline provider here is Fairpoint), so so far as I'm concerned, it is
> off-topic.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
> Double ROT13 encoded for your protection
>
> Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #74.
> When I create a multimedia presentation of my plan designed so that my
> five-year-old advisor can easily understand the details, I will not
> label the disk "Project Overlord" and leave it lying on top of my desk.

Using your logic based on geography, I have no "footprint" for the
complaints about VZ cellular problems that occur outside my usage area.
That makes them OT for me. So don't post about anything that's happening
outside my immediate area. In fact, nobody should post anything unless it's
a nationwide VZ issue. :-P

While I do use a VZ cell phone, I kept my VZ copper landline when I got FIOS
Internet and video last month (a "mixed media" install) so I do have an
interest in the strike topic. But my news provider only carries the two
newsgroups for VZ cellular and online services. Both have strike threads
running now so unless there is an alt.landline-phones.verizon lurking
somewhere out there that my carrier is willing to pick up, these are the two
groups I am going to use to read and post on the strike.

whare do you post from ?
iam from the maine area


"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
news:2r704719sakski6mvqv0aqgh4qkeiiobs0@gordol.org ...
> Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, willshak said:
>
>> Sorry. Semi-OT. But it is Verizon, not a Sprint or Page Plus topic.
>> Maybe some here have Verizon landlines as well.
>
> The wireline company Verizon has no footprint at all where I live (the
> wireline provider here is Fairpoint), so so far as I'm concerned, it is
> off-topic.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
> Double ROT13 encoded for your protection
>
> Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #74.
> When I create a multimedia presentation of my plan designed so that my
> five-year-old advisor can easily understand the details, I will not
> label the disk "Project Overlord" and leave it lying on top of my
> desk.

Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, Andy said:

> whare do you post from ?
> iam from the maine area

NH Seacoast, near Portsmouth.

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other." - Ronald
Reagan

how do you like Verizon wireless i have had them for 6 years and other then
the few chooses you get for plans the voice service is top notch for me.


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"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
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> Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, Andy said:
>
>> whare do you post from ?
>> iam from the maine area
>
> NH Seacoast, near Portsmouth.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
> Double ROT13 encoded for your protection
>
> "The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
> appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other." - Ronald
> Reagan

Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, Andy said:

> how do you like Verizon wireless i have had them for 6 years and other then
> the few chooses you get for plans the voice service is top notch for me.

I think their prices are a bit high, but I have no real complaints
about the service.

I switched back to VZW almost two years ago when the AT&T service
deteriorated to the point of unusability where I need it most - not
being able to call 911 was the last straw there. (Best guess on that
is that a tower died and AT&T decided to not repair it as service was
unaffected only two miles in any direction.)

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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"If I am ever the Hero top 100 list: #40. If my village allies defeat
the elite forces of the Evil Overlord, I will take a few minutes to
learn how they did it and incorporate the information gained into my
strategies.

On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:49:51 +0000, Jeffrey Kaplan <nomail@gordol.org>
wrote:

>I switched back to VZW almost two years ago when the AT&T service
>deteriorated to the point of unusability where I need it most - not
>being able to call 911 was the last straw there. (Best guess on that
>is that a tower died and AT&T decided to not repair it as service was
>unaffected only two miles in any direction.)

Same here. All of a sudden AT&T had NO signal at my
home, where the bill is paid from, yet while I drove down
the street, under a mile, and I came to the AT&T store
I got signal, then 10 feet after..nothing. I tried it after the
store closed, and no signal at all 1 ft away from their door knob.

AT&T told me they were "..moving towers.." and no where in
the contract do they insure signal. Even though, for 6+ years
the signal was great, real strong. They told me "..sorry..".

My lawyer contacted AT&T people and AT&T "..will let me out.."
of my just renewed contract. I went to Verizon. Super..

It's like my 'UNLIMITED" service I have with VWS. Un-Limited
means just that. Unless they can re-wire said word. My GPS
has "..unlimited.." "..lifetime.." upgrades that, IMH/LO, means
that as long as one of us are alive (me or the company) I win.

Yet with all this crap going on, my contact at Verizon has not
returned my calls about my recent bill. I'm not worried.

JJTj





COMING SOON

FRITZMANIA 2011

www.fritztronics.com

Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, Floyd R Turbo <Floyd R Turbo> said:

> Same here. All of a sudden AT&T had NO signal at my
> home, where the bill is paid from, yet while I drove down
> the street, under a mile, and I came to the AT&T store
> I got signal, then 10 feet after..nothing. I tried it after the
> store closed, and no signal at all 1 ft away from their door knob.

That's common, the stores have femtocells. Verizon does it too.

> My lawyer contacted AT&T people and AT&T "..will let me out.."
> of my just renewed contract. I went to Verizon. Super..

No lawyer needed here, I just pointed them to my year-long list
escalating complaints and then the final straw.

> It's like my 'UNLIMITED" service I have with VWS. Un-Limited
> means just that. Unless they can re-wire said word. My GPS
> has "..unlimited.." "..lifetime.." upgrades that, IMH/LO, means
> that as long as one of us are alive (me or the company) I win.

I think they define it as the life of the specific unit...

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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"Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the
universe certainly isn't going to supply it. Always be a moving
target. Live. Live. Live." (Cordelia Vorkosigan [Lois McMaster
Bujold, "Barrayar"])