Comments on: AT&T & Verizon Idiots http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/ John Hamilton Farr's Living Planet Mystery Tales from Taos, New Mexico Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karen http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 karen Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:54:07 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1133 The coverage map at att shows the same thing in my area, 5 miles from las vegas, nm. Partner coverage. 87731 take a look I make most calls in las vegas and on the road when I signed up, as I finished the details online. Why would I want to use the cell in the house unless the road grader cut the beloved qwest above ground "sometimes in the wire fence and sometimes on the rocky road" wires. Wth a cell phone signal booster I can get the att signal in the adobe with the 12" + walls. Check for yourself with a friend's iPhone to see how strong the signal really is in your area in taos. I love my iPhone and wouldn't have any other. It's the simplicity of the software and it's screen is wider just enough to make a difference than most I've seen. My sister says, "'I want an iPhone so I can use the app store"!!! She who has Sprint coverage and sometimes gets a signal in our adobe if she's outside......who would have thunk it. The coverage map at att shows the same thing in my area, 5 miles from las vegas, nm. Partner coverage. 87731 take a look

I make most calls in las vegas and on the road when I signed up, as I finished the details online.

Why would I want to use the cell in the house unless the road grader cut the beloved qwest above ground “sometimes in the wire fence and sometimes on the rocky road” wires.

Wth a cell phone signal booster I can get the att signal in the adobe with the 12″ + walls.

Check for yourself with a friend’s iPhone to see how strong the signal really is in your area in taos.

I love my iPhone and wouldn’t have any other.

It’s the simplicity of the software and it’s screen is wider just enough to make a difference than most I’ve seen.

My sister says, “‘I want an iPhone so I can use the app store”!!!
She who has Sprint coverage and sometimes gets a signal in our adobe if she’s outside……who would have thunk it.

]]> By: Steve Ingham http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Steve Ingham Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:07:50 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1134 Something else to check John is a story I watched on Nightline last night. (check their website for details) but it was about a new program called Cell Swapping....Apparently lots of folks like you want the I-Phone but are stuck with their Verizon or whatever cell plan....BUT there are those out there willing to swap companies with you, and for a small fee - they take over your Verizon plan and you get your AT&T plan - with your Santa Fe PO Box # or whatever...and everyone is Happy...Just more FYI - but check it out and see if it seems worth the hassle.....Steve Something else to check John is a story I watched on Nightline last night. (check their website for details) but it was about a new program called Cell Swapping….Apparently lots of folks like you want the I-Phone but are stuck with their Verizon or whatever cell plan….BUT there are those out there willing to swap companies with you, and for a small fee – they take over your Verizon plan and you get your AT&T plan – with your Santa Fe PO Box # or whatever…and everyone is Happy…Just more FYI – but check it out and see if it seems worth the hassle…..Steve

]]> By: Number 6 http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Number 6 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:35:39 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1143 "When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of heaven take me home?" -Cliff Burton, the original bassist for Metallica (he wrote that little gem shortly before dying in a bus crash while on tour in Germany. Be careful what you wish for, huh?...) (and after he died was when Metallica began to suck balls. there *were* very good and original in the early days, but Cliff was their Soul, and without him they sold out and became blandly normal and just another generic hard rock product band.... which of course was when they became HUGELY successful..... of course....) “When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of heaven take me home?”
-Cliff Burton, the original bassist for Metallica (he wrote that little gem shortly before dying in a bus crash while on tour in Germany. Be careful what you wish for, huh?…)
(and after he died was when Metallica began to suck balls. there *were* very good and original in the early days, but Cliff was their Soul, and without him they sold out and became blandly normal and just another generic hard rock product band…. which of course was when they became HUGELY successful….. of course….)

]]> By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 John H. Farr Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:20:27 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1138 She didn't say it was her nickname, man. She lied. We're drowning in lies these days, all of us. It isn't going to end well. She didn’t say it was her nickname, man. She lied. We’re drowning in lies these days, all of us. It isn’t going to end well.

]]> By: John Lay http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 John Lay Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:18:29 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1137 Oh, what's in a name? 'Taint really lying. My Dad was called "Max" by his friends all through college, though that was no part of his name. So Julie's her nickname. Get over it. John Oh, what’s in a name? ‘Taint really lying. My Dad was called “Max” by his friends all through college, though that was no part of his name. So Julie’s her nickname. Get over it.

John

]]> By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 John H. Farr Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:53:46 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1136 <em>Julie’s Hindi name is probably 17 syllables long. I used to recruit for hi-tech and the names on the resumés were daunting. She’d probably rather be called “Julie” than listen to you mangle her name.</em> The point is, it's lying, which gets things off to a terrible start. I wouldn't have needed to pronounce her Hindi name, anyway, but it would have been nice to hear it. As for OK City, they were right. Julie’s Hindi name is probably 17 syllables long. I used to recruit for hi-tech and the names on the resumés were daunting. She’d probably rather be called “Julie” than listen to you mangle her name.

The point is, it’s lying, which gets things off to a terrible start. I wouldn’t have needed to pronounce her Hindi name, anyway, but it would have been nice to hear it.

As for OK City, they were right.

]]> By: John Lay http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 John Lay Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:25:03 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1135 But John, since Wal-mart starting selling iPhones they are SO passé! ;-) Oh, and I dumped AT&T a few years back because they have (or had) the WORST customer service of any company I've ever dealt with, bar none. Julie's Hindi name is probably 17 syllables long. I used to recruit for hi-tech and the names on the resumés were daunting. She'd probably rather be called "Julie" than listen to you mangle her name. One of those service providers in Bangalore is building a call center in Atlanta because of cheaper real estate and wages. Back in the days that Dell had money, it considered building a call center in OK City, but it was too 3rd world for them. John But John, since Wal-mart starting selling iPhones they are SO passé! ;-)

Oh, and I dumped AT&T a few years back because they have (or had) the WORST customer service of any company I’ve ever dealt with, bar none.

Julie’s Hindi name is probably 17 syllables long. I used to recruit for hi-tech and the names on the resumés were daunting. She’d probably rather be called “Julie” than listen to you mangle her name.

One of those service providers in Bangalore is building a call center in Atlanta because of cheaper real estate and wages. Back in the days that Dell had money, it considered building a call center in OK City, but it was too 3rd world for them.

John

]]> By: Fred http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Fred Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:31:49 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1142 I'm in a similar situation. I'd love to dump Verizon, but I have a family plan and this would involved my wife and both my college age kids getting new phones so that I could get an iPhone. Verizon coverage at my house is pretty bad. Otherwise I'd consider dumping my land line. Looking at AT&T's maps though, coverage on my street (and only my street) is non-existent. I'm in the fabled "dead zone". I have also heard that at this point the iPhone on Verizon problem is one of hardware, with Verizon using a different chip set than the rest of the planet, and that there will never be a Verizon iPhone. I have an iPod touch, which I love, and I'd love to get an iPhone. Unfortunately, it looks impossible for the foreseeable future. Apple? Are you listening. You've got potential customers out there who would just love to shell out good money for your product but can't. Does that seem like good marketing to you? Cheers, ~Fred I’m in a similar situation. I’d love to dump Verizon, but I have a family plan and this would involved my wife and both my college age kids getting new phones so that I could get an iPhone. Verizon coverage at my house is pretty bad. Otherwise I’d consider dumping my land line. Looking at AT&T’s maps though, coverage on my street (and only my street) is non-existent. I’m in the fabled “dead zone”.

I have also heard that at this point the iPhone on Verizon problem is one of hardware, with Verizon using a different chip set than the rest of the planet, and that there will never be a Verizon iPhone. I have an iPod touch, which I love, and I’d love to get an iPhone. Unfortunately, it looks impossible for the foreseeable future. Apple? Are you listening. You’ve got potential customers out there who would just love to shell out good money for your product but can’t. Does that seem like good marketing to you?

Cheers,

~Fred

]]> By: donna http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/02/23/att-verizon-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 donna Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:54:44 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=2069#comment-1141 OTOH, I still have ATT for long distance land line, because you can't beat them there, either. OTOH, I still have ATT for long distance land line, because you can’t beat them there, either.

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