Verizon DSL → [trouble] Small glitches on Upper West Side of Manhattan?

Today a Verizon tech visited my apt. (finally!) and said that one of the COs on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC, was having general problems with DSL, and that I was correct in noticing some intermittent internet glitches. Was Verizon's problem, not my equipment or interior lines. He also said that a big chunk of the DSL tech work force had been reassigned to FIOS, that normal DSL maintenance was short staffed, and that he had a lot of service calls in the neighborhood.

Anyone else notice the same thing?

Well, I'm not in Manhattan or near NYC at all, but I can say that in my area Verizon has told DSL Techs to work on FiOS now, so DSL techs have gone down in my area as well.

What part of Manhattan? My kids are in Washington Heights out of the 176th CO and I didn't hear anything about it.

The CO on West 73rd Street, so I imagine at least the 60s through the 80s, but I doubt Washington Heights.

if i were you,i call verizon and verify about that situation,thee re a lot of problem with people stealing id's

?? What does stealing ID's have to do with mild glitches in my Internet connection?

Yep 64th St to 92nd. I worked out of that CO back in the 80s.