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Article #620182Re: Important US technology companies sold to foreigners
From: hanc...
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:08
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:08
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On Monday, February 5, 2018 at 8:46:14 PM UTC-5, Peter Flass wrote: > > I'm scared that one of these days Verizon will notify me that > > they'll cut off my classic landline. I'll be S.O.L. > > > > I don't think they can, legally. I don't know why I keep my landline - > we're away now six months a year, and we've gotten used to using our cell > phones. Despite the terrible quality, there are a lot of advantages to each > of us having our own phone, and being able to take (and make) calls when > we're out. Here is an article about it: http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-illinois-telecom-bill-att-bsi-20170321-story.html Both Verizon and AT&T have claimed that customers have abandoned the traditional landline. There have been numerous articles about how Verizon has stopped doing maintenance on them, leaving customers to suffer, even when there is no alternative.
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