No phone service in Southern Maryland

[Otter]

Thanks for the information. Not happy to hear it but good to know what I am in for.

and congrats on your 1st 3 posts since you joined in 2002.

 

[jazz lady]

DoWhat is very hand-y.

Be careful. You never know where that hand has been. :gutters:

About a month ago, the second phone line I had in my house for accessing the Internet developed a lot of static. I called and was scheduled for service that Saturday from 8 - 12. The technician showed up at 1:30. He couldn't fix it but promised someone would go to the main box and fix it that afternoon or the next morning. It was fixed about 8 Sunday night.

 

[Maureen]

Thanks, I am a slow learner. LOL. And I agree, Gibbs is God.

 

[BS Gal]

Thanks, I am a slow learner. LOL. And I agree, Gibbs is God.

Quit kissing up to the old guy.

 

[Agee]

My phone had been out since Friday. Verizon's repair web site recommended taking a phone out to the connection box, un-plugging the connection from the house and plugging in the phone. Did the check this morning and presto had a dial-tone.

Realized I was online Friday when the power went out. Disconnected the phone line from the modem and got dial-tone throughout the house. Evedently when the computer went off, the modem never hung-up. Now If I just would of done this last Friday instead of this morning

 

[bresamil]

My phone had been out since Friday. Verizon's repair web site recommended taking a phone out to the connection box, un-plugging the connection from the house and plugging in the phone. Did the check this morning and presto had a dial-tone.

Realized I was online Friday when the power went out. Disconnected the phone line from the modem and got dial-tone throughout the house. Evedently when the computer went off, the modem never hung-up. Now If I just would of done this last Friday instead of this morning

My sister's phone is still out and none of the do it yourself stuff worked. Verizon said next Thursday they'd be out between 8 and 3.

 

[Maureen]

Thanks for the suggestions. They won't work for me however. Our phone line snapped in half. Half of it is hanging off a tree in our yard and the other is laying on the ground across the street from us.

 

[keekee]

I've been without phone service since the storm too - we also have snapped lines on my street. SMECO and MetroCast were quick to fix the electric & cable TV, but I haven't seen anything of Verizon. Their lines are still laying in the road. When I called they told me it would be fixed by the 15th! Gee thanks! In their defense though, I have heard that fixing the phone lines is more involved than the electric/cable. Don't know if that's true or not...?

 

[Bronwyn]

We have been without phone service since 5 pm last Friday. I called Verizon on Saturday when I realized our phone line had snapped. I was told usual repairs are in 24 hours but could take until Wednesday, 9/13/06 to be repaired. I was told however it would probably not take that long to fix. I have not heard much about phone service being out in Southern Maryland. Are other folks out there in the same predicament? Does anyone find their span of time to make a repair too long? Thanks.

The phone company worked on my street on Mon-Wed getting the lines up off the ground. Today I noticed that all the repair trucks are gone and we STILL don't have phone service!
I called Verizon today and they told me that the soonest they can get someone out will be Sept 18! Holy Crap!