[geeks] going over the cliff

[Phil Stracchino]

On 06/03/13 19:44, Michael Thompson wrote:
>    Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:42:45 +0000
> 
>> From: William Enestvedt <William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] going over the cliff
>>
>>    We have landline from Verizon in northeast Rhode Island, and they keep
>> sending us letters saying that we need to call and schedule an appointment
>> so
>> they can "upgrade" our equipment. Why? My copper wire works fine,
>> thankyouverymuch!
>>
>> - Will
>> --
>> Will Enestvedt
>>
> 
> During the last blizzard in Rhode Island our copper land line worked just
> fine while the power was out. Our neighbors had upgraded to FIOS and were
> surprised to find that their home phones and cell phones were useless. I
> also don't return Verizon's calls to schedule an upgrade.

...And that's one of my two major reservations about FiOS.  (The other
being that, as already noted in this thread, once you have FiOS, you're
locked into it unless you sell up and move somewhere that doesn't have it.)


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