By Doug Mohney, on August 11th, 2009
Having recently gone through my own personal quest to get Verizon to repair my landline, I feel compelled to share five tips to get better information and results out of the phone company. Business owners may want to note 3-5 in case they run into problems since they apply equally well.
I know I’m not alone [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 19th, 2009
Clone-Wars DIGEX colleague John Todd had some issues with his Comcast service a couple of days ago and posted his difficulties on social media (Facebook, Twitter).
Within a few hours, Comcast’s “hit squad” was following up on John’s post, and Tweeting back to me on a comment I made to John about the existence of the [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 13th, 2009
At one point this morning, there were two Verizon trucks plus a contractor’s pickup with backhoe at the ready.
Turns out they only need a couple of shovels.
Around the corner, the lead Verizon tech of the day found damage that apparently had come from/around work done on the cable company box — a finding that will, [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 12th, 2009
Verizon supervisors work on Sundays, it appears.
I spent 10 minutes on the phone going over the repair status of my Verizon landline with a Verizon supervisor. I currently have dial-tone through a temporary jury-rig (hmm, reminds me, must take pictures) between my NIC and my neighbor’s.
The sup was concerned that I didn’t get phone calls [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 11th, 2009
Pull into my driveway at approximately 2:30 PM today to see the s local Verizon guy in front of my access box (NIC), and there’s a piece of gray wire coming out of it, looped around/across my neighbor’s fence perimeter. The wire crosses the fence on the other side of my neighbor’s lawn and is [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 11th, 2009
At 11:40 AM, a Verizon supervisor — the second tier guys who actually know what the f*** is going on — called me back and clarified the status of the phone repair–
1) The copper is dead between my house and the distribution point, there are no alternatives, Verizon is going to have to dig and [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 13th, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved rules to speed up number porting and to require failing VoIP providers to give “reasonable notice” to customers and regulators before they shut down. Verrry interesting.
Under the new number porting rule, most service providers — landline, wireless and “certain VoIP” ones — will require the ability [...]