Verizon is the devil
I knew it. I knew it.
When Verizon cut my line last Friday, and I was able to force him into “fixing” it, he just grabbed any old line and hooked it back up. But, of course, it’s a bad line. The connection has been dropping at least once a day since then. Normally, I wouldn’t care too, too much about it since it’s a drop and quick re-sync.
But now I have VOIP and the line has dropped at least one phone call so far. I don’t use th phone all that much, but when I do, the calls tend to be very long (conference calls, and so on).
So I called Speakeasy to ask what, if anything, could be done about it. Again, they are the best ever. He ran his various tests and found “excessive DC voltage to ground”. I don’t quite know what that means, technically, except that it’s a condition that should not exist. What it also tells me is the guy who cut my line didn’t put any care into fixing his mess.
So now I have to wait for yet another house call from either Verizon or from Covad with a potential $200 charge. (I don’t think the charge will apply, though, because the problem is clearly outside the house.)
Still…
