Re: Verizon FIOS :-(

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:31:10 -0400 
Mark Richards <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> > My mother has Verizon FIOS for phone and TV (because her building is 
> > wired).  One problem she has is when she calls a friend who also lives 
> > in Newton (same area code), her friend's phone does not ring. Her 
> > friend's phone rings when other call her. My mother has had technicians 
> > out on both ends. One Verizon tech told her that it is because "she has 
> > fibre and her friend has copper".  So, now FIOS users can't call copper 
> > users :-) 
> 
> Promote that Technician to a high management job!  Or send them to serve 
> in the White House press office. 
> 
> Truly creative!