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ring ring ring, land ho

My digital phone (land-line) got activated today. I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed having a “real” phone, as in one where I can call anyone I want and just not worry about minutes, overcharges and so on. Very, very cool.

I have this now-ancient Panasonic cordless phone set. One’s on the base and I have one satellite. I spent a good coin on this phone set. The antenna lights up when a call comes in, both handsets have speakerphone built-in, the buttons are big, the display is very readable and, well.. it’s an awesome phone set.

For those that know my home phone number, no I did not transfer my existing land-line number to this one. The reason is because from day 1 (more or less) I received almost nothing but telemarketer calls. And since people primarily contacted me via my cell phone anyway there was no reason to keep it.

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Being that Verizon is #1 on my fecal roster I’ve been shopping around for a different provider and phone plan. Sprint is going to be the one because:

  1. They have a $29.99 a month plan.
  2. They give away a free Motorola RAZR v3m with their current plans.

As some know, I already have a v3m with Verizon and I like it a lot, so… this should be a no-brainer. What I have to find out is how much of a whack I’m going to take for the early termination fee from Verizon.

Being that I don’t necessarily feel like dealing with Verizon’s ass-tastic customer support, I think I’ll call tomorrow.

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6 Responses to “ring ring ring”

  1. MiDgEt Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    careful with sprint - the customer service is horrid and the bill is different every month - they blame it on you - can’t answer questions - can’t fix anything - transfer you and lose the call - etc. etc.

    I don’t know if they all don’t do this - I have nextel which is supposedly the same company as sprint nowadays but I will never transfer to sprint as they keep trying to make me. .. even since they have merged it has gotten worse but still manageable - I know that someone very close to me had switched and has nothing but problems as I stated above - billing - support - website - you name it they don’t know anything about their own service or don’t care to tell you

    GoodLuck

    Just thought you should know - maybe research it further before jumping

  2. Rich Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    At least in CT you have the advantage of the DPUC:

    http://www.state.ct.us/dpuc/cellphone.html

    The DPUC does have statutory authority over wireless carriers up that way when the carriers decide not to “play nice” with you.

  3. MiDgEt Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 3:19 am

    not in CT brotha

  4. Rich Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    The DPUC is literally the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control. Absolutely it’s 100% CT as it’s part of their own government.

  5. MiDgEt Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Yeah - it is - I’m not

    sorry for the confusion

  6. Rich Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Ah, okay - gotcha. Well I’m sure wherever you are is better than where you were, no argument there. :-)

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