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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:55 AM Original message |
Phoneless in Florida – Or another corporate screwing |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. So did you help her get a cheap throw away cell phone? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Your empathy is overwhelming |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. A cheap cell phone as a backup is a good option not necessarily. |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. we put my mom and dad on our package and bought them |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. There is empathy and then there is face slapping |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. FYI, the term "whining" has become an insult |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. fyi |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. fwiw, I also have a cheap Virgin cell phone that my kids gave me for "just in case". |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Had a Virgin plan for at least 6 years and never had a problem |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I have been using Virgin Mobile phone for ten plus years and love them. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. they have shifted their resources away from land lines to |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Millions of people still have a land line for one reason |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thank you for keeping wireline. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Same here for the same reason. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That is why I keep my land line. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Its just the opposite here. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. If you switch to fiber (like Verizon's FiOS), landline needs power. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I had a neighbor w/ |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Wrong... Landline techs are entirely different techs from cellular techs |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is A T and T the only provider in the area, or can she get screwed by Verizon or Fair Point instead? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Somehow, I doubt that any other phone company would be any different. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I dunno--I remember horrific service from A T and T decades ago. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. You've been offered several different choices here, yet have rejected them all. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks to Raygun, the breakup of the system to profit his pals, and the death of universal service. |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. I had a similar problem with verizon.............. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. If the neighbor is in a house or mobile home (I don't know about apartments), find the |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. There was a time in this country when a phone outage was fixed by 5:00 PM the same day. |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes, and it seems a lot of posters chose to ignore the OPs focus on customer |
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