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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:59 EDT

Mark F posted : What's done is done. I love everything I get from Verizon, phone, internet and TV.

But, if they choose not to serve our area anymore, and sell us to someone with no experience in providing all we get from Verizon, then all we can do is hope that whatever we wind up with is worth it.
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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:41:34 EDT

sonicmerlin posted : Wow, calm down Mr. corporate apologist.

It's been well-documented Verizon has been cherry picking the areas of highest ROI. They've used a legal (but still shady) maneuver to shed their debt and leave their former customers in the hands of bungling, incompetent idiots like Fairpoint.

The telcos have made promises to various state governments for years that they would roll out fiber to everyone in their footprints by certain dates, and repeatedly have taken the subsequent grants and completely ignored those promises. They've stolen almost $300 billion in grants and tax subsidies over the last 10 years.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:06:56 EDT

Trimline posted : I prefer Trimlines, but I do have a Princess phone or two...Western Electric made the best... LOL

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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:27:41 EDT

PGHammer posted : Cherry-picking?

Do you have any idea how hard it is to lay fiber in any urban area? Consider Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA (both in the VZ FIOS service upgrade area), and, like Baltimore, heavily urban (in fact, Alexandria is richer per block than either DC or Baltimore). So tell me, fella, how come *Baltimore* is ahead of both Alexandria and DC when it comes to FIOS deployment? (I'm referring to the city of Baltimore, not Baltimore County.)

Also, what's in that block in the way of buried utility lines? Nobody, not even VZ, can dig willy-nilly where there could be ANYTHING buried in the way of utility lines. (Haven't we taken Comcast to task for doing exactly that?) What it sounds like is that YOU are upset that you personally can't get FIOS due to some other problem with what has VZ blocked from offering the service to you.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:43:28 EDT

fifty nine posted :

said by myokitis:

I agree . . . The audio quality of landline far surpasses what you can get via cell, and I also like the comfort factor. It's a much more comfortable experience holding a real headset against your ear as opposed to a 4"x2" long cellphone.

Both these things make landline much better for conversations lasting more than 1 min, IMO.

Not to mention all that RF heating up your brain and hot phones (batteries and hot microchips) heating up your ears.

I use VOIP with a headset most times. Much more comfortable than holding a cellphone to my ear. Most of my cellphone conversations are less than 1 minute.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:17:20 EDT

Madness posted : Cutting my landline would only save a few bucks, over dry-loop DSL, in comparison to my combo package. I'll keep it & my Princess phone (bbbrrriiinnnggg!!!).
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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:50:25 EDT

DGDTrathole posted : you can also cut cost by NOT HAVING A CELLPHONE...much more than not having a landline...LOL BUT THEY AREN'T
going to admit that...it's all about more money for their
bottom line...LOL

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:53 EDT

NOCMan posted :

said by ThrowDemsOut:

said by S_engineer:

Its cheap and always works, no matter what.

And you can cut costs by dropping the landline to just the very basic service level($8.xx/mo + taxes/fees=approx $15/mo), and using your wireless account or free Google Voice account for everything else. That is what I did. I use the landline for all the incoming calls and Google Voice & Wireless for everything else.

P.S.>> It is a Verizon Wireless(45% owned by Vodafone) ad and NOT a Verizon ad. So not surprising they may be pushing wireless instead of a land line. But I wonder how long Verizon will let it's subsidiary run this campaign since it made the news?

Verizon owns 55% of Verizon Wireless.
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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:10:49 EDT

fifty nine posted :

said by ThrowDemsOut:

P.S.>> It is a Verizon Wireless(45% owned by Vodafone) ad and NOT a Verizon ad. So not surprising they may be pushing wireless instead of a land line. But I wonder how long Verizon will let it's subsidiary run this campaign since it made the news?

Isn't Verizon basically deprecating its copper landline network?

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:31:22 EDT

aaronwt posted :

I only have a cell line but I never hold my cellphone up to my ear at home. I have several 1.9GHz(DECT 6.0) phones and the Xlink BTTN links my cell phone to them.
So I'm able toplace a call with the cordless phones like I had a landline, only it's routed through the cell phone.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:34:37 EDT

CylonRed posted : Yep - has yet top fail me in an extended power outage and with 2 little kids and a wife - I value that. Not to mention - talking to children on a cell phone sucks.
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Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:08:22 EDT

battleop posted : I doubt that. Google does a lot of other free things and you have not seen the collapse of those markets.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:07:59 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

said by S_engineer:

Its cheap and always works, no matter what.

I'll second that. 99% Guaranteed service (Because something can always happen), even if the power goes out, thanks to the power coming over the copper phone lines.

Then again, it's not like I have a choice in the matter considering Verizon cherry picked our area (where haven't they) and chose to stop building fiber lines exactly 1 block away from me.

Yes, I will take every single opportunity to point out Verizon's cherry picking.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:05:08 EDT

myokitis posted : I agree . . . The audio quality of landline far surpasses what you can get via cell, and I also like the comfort factor. It's a much more comfortable experience holding a real headset against your ear as opposed to a 4"x2" long cellphone.

Both these things make landline much better for conversations lasting more than 1 min, IMO.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:48:11 EDT

ThrowDemsOut posted :

said by S_engineer:

Its cheap and always works, no matter what.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:47:48 EDT

45071419 posted : I love my POTS too, but it sure isn't cheap.

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:46:17 EDT

Pv8man posted : Two words.....

"Google Voice"

Re: I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:37:31 EDT

cableties posted : The quality. Don't forget the quality. Yes, the cellphone is cheap, but most settle for garbled talk or interference. I prefer the landline (over FiOS) as it is crystal clear (can hear too much sometimes...).

Yes, I can hear you now. But poorly. (I guess that is the point with Verizon, quantity over quality) :)
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I love my POTS>>>>

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:34:03 EDT

S_engineer posted : Its cheap and always works, no matter what.
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