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Comments on news posted 2009-07-02 11:01:12: For years the baby bells have been trying to slow (or ignore) the death of the landline by forcing DSL customers to bundle one, whether they wanted it or not. ..
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 patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | right hand, left hand The right hand (Verizon Landline) never speaks to the left hand (Verizon Wireless). They are 2 different competing corporate cultures under the same logo. | |
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mededitor
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join:2004-07-04
Fair Lawn, NJ
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| Verizon not willing to repair copper anymore I'm not willing to drop my landlines at this point, especially with a disabled husband at home. However, Verizon's unwillingness to properly repair their POTS lines has gotten out of control here. I have filed a complaint with the Board of Public Utilities and will go as far as getting an attorney, if necessary.
IMO, there is no excuse for them not properly repairing the copper, "swapping" lines around is not the solution. As of today, they are still responsible for the outside copper whether they like it or not. Obviously, they don't like it, but as long as it is their responsibility and they keep accepting my monthly payments, they had better get their act together.
Sorry, but I'm so angry with Verizon right now that I'm not thinking straight. My husband's life could depend on my POTS landline working as it is supposed to work, and I'm tired of nothing but excuses and band-aid "fixes" from Verizon (problems for over a year).
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| S60
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join:2008-01-12
Pittsburgh, PA | POTS When the tech came to rid of the my copper I told him I may switch back later; he was happy to oblige. | |
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tubbynet
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join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ
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| pots is just antiquated (for me...) have been cell-only ever since moving out. have had verizon service for about 5 years (was only wireless company in my hometown that had national coverage included) and have been pretty happy with the call quality. i don't pick handsets based on the "newest" stuff, just what works. both my wife and i are on verizon (as it most of our respective families) so the in calling is convenient.
was on a sprint q at work until i was migrated to an att blackjack2. between having a cdma carrier and a gsm carrier, i have some cell signal wherever i go, as i travel quite a bit for work.
i also put my cisco 2811 to good use this past month. i signed up for a pay-as-you-go account with callcentric, registered my router as a sip agent, and then placed a few cisco phones (7945 and a 7942) behind it for "landline" services. i like the comfort of the cisco phones and there is something about them that i haven't found in a standard handset yet. i also like the ability to custom brew xml portals/apps for the phones. since i travel, i like being able to sit down, hit a button, and check my flight status before leaving for the airport and not having to jump around to 10 different pages to get there.
i also have the router act as a vpn concentrator and have cisco's ip communicator registered over my vpn client. using this, i can vpn in and make outbound calls over my client in the event i *only* have internet coverage. even if my router goes down, i can use the callcentric softphone and reregister the device.
i can honestly say i'm completely mobile with numerous coverage options and i don't have to pay any ilec one cent. pots is just antiquated.
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| | keason
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join:2002-05-02
Ann Arbor, MI
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1 edit | Anyone still on ISDN? I kept ISDN from the days when I couldn't get decent voice quality on POTS due to Ameritech/SBC/ATT.
It still works better than POTS, slightly better than VoIP (even with QoS), and far better than a cell connection. Calls to standard lines are crystal clear, even cell calls sound better, and calls aren't mysteriously dropped.
Why do we accept such lousy cell service? Europe and Canada are much better. | |
| | | | ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA | we cut ours we terminated our verizon landline about 6 or 7 years ago. it finally came down to we had a landline because we always had a landline. the SOLE regret is that we had not done it sooner. | |
| GenBlood
join:2005-04-14
Nashua, NH
| Have 2 landlines ... I have 2 landlines right now. One as my main phone line
and a second for dial-up back for my pcs. I still don't know
why I have the second line. I don't even own a modem
any more. I figure in the coming weeks I'm going to have
to cancel them due to the FairPoint issue. As soon as they
file for chapter 11 ... I'm dropping them and getting the
number transferred to a cell phone.
Now it's just a waiting game ...  | |
| Mele20
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join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| Concrete building no cell/no battery modem no VoIP I don't have a choice. I live in a concrete building. Cell phones don't work here. I have cable broaband but Oceanic Time Warner has no modems with battery backup thus no 911 if the electricity goes off. I'm getting older and I have no intention of risking my life with mickey mouse cell phones that don't work or TW voIP with no backup. Yeah, HawaiiTelcom is bankrupt (thanks to the gutting from Verizon earlier) but I appreciate my landline. If they get their act together and get a remote terminal out this way then I will switch to DSL probably. I say probably because I would be reluctant to give up free RR dialup and that free RR dialup is another reason to keep a landline.
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