VoIP and the Leap of Faith

calidan · Jan 24, 2006, 05:12 AM

I knew Verizon was no longer interested in having me as a customer when I returned from vacation to find zero messages on my desk phone’s answering machine. And so began a long series of events that culminated in the termination of my land-line account. My two phone lines are now served by different technologies, one of which is Verizon’s number-one source of fear and loathing: VOIP!

The decision to cut my land line was not taken lightly. I am a Bell Baby—my father worked for the Bell System back when that was virtually the only phone company in America. I had been a Verizon customer for 25 years. The first time I wrote a check to the company it was called the New York Telephone Company. Then it became NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, and finally Verizon. I’d always assumed I’d be a Verizon customer for life. But life has a way of overturning assumptions.
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Jan 24, 2006, 05:12 AM	#1
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	VoIP and the Leap of Faith I knew Verizon was no longer interested in having me as a customer when I returned from vacation to find zero messages on my desk phone’s answering machine. And so began a long series of events that culminated in the termination of my land-line account. My two phone lines are now served by different technologies, one of which is Verizon’s number-one source of fear and loathing: VOIP! The decision to cut my land line was not taken lightly. I am a Bell Baby—my father worked for the Bell System back when that was virtually the only phone company in America. I had been a Verizon customer for 25 years. The first time I wrote a check to the company it was called the New York Telephone Company. Then it became NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, and finally Verizon. I’d always assumed I’d be a Verizon customer for life. But life has a way of overturning assumptions. ___________ Read More / Source: DesignTechnica __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan