Re: Stupid Verizon Phone Techs installing DSL

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

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"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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> Don't hold back, Nick.  Tell us how
> you really feel about these folks.
>
> One of my favorite telco idiots was a
> guy who responded to a customer's
> complaint of static noise on the
> phone line.  There was a keypad
> about 2 feet away from the wall phone
> in the kitchen.  The telco-idiot put the
> phone to his ear, thumped the keypad
> with his hand and said, "That's it.
> Your alarm is causing the problem.
>
> He then went to the basement, cut
> our RJ31X cable and left.  The static,
> of course, remained.
>
> The client, who also happened to be
> personal friend, called me.  They had
> one of the older model protectors with
> the screw-in carbons.  I unscrewed
> both of them, scraped a build-up of
> material off and tightened them up.
> No more static.  It was a 2-minute
> repair job.  I reconnected my
> RJ31X and all was well.
>
> The following has happened numerous
> times at various locations.  Telco-idiot
> responds to a call about static in the
> phone line in another site.  This is after
> a rain storm.
>
> TI disconnects the RJ31X, tells the
> customer the alarm is at fault and
> leaves.  Upon investigation we find no
> problem with the alarm or the RJ31X
> wiring.  The problem recurs after every
> strong rain.  It also goes away as soon
> as the rain dries up.
>
> I mentioned this to my father, who
> happens to be a retired chemical engineer
> one time.  He asked, "Are the phone lines
> near any oak trees?"
>
> Huh?
>
> It turns out most of the problem comes from
> aerial drops passing near trees.  Oaks in
> particular are associated with the problem.
> Squirrels love to nest in oaks because they
> are a primary food source.  Squirrels also
> like to use insulation to pad their nests. They
> chew the tops of the cables bare.
>
> Because they are not grounded the squirrels
> survive (similar to people flying inverted on
> levitating ladders).  When it rains the water
> creates a low grade short which causes the
> characteristic noise in the lines.
>
> The same happens, albeit less frequently,
> with underground aerials, though the likely
> culprits are ground vermin.  In cold climes
> repeated freezing and thawing can affect
> insulation where the cable comes near the
> surface.
>
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>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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>> Have an alarm customer who i rigged up one of those Door Bell Fone units
>> which allows the house phone to ring and answer front door when door bell
>> button is pushed. Customer orders DSL 3 different Verizon Techs come on
>> site and can not figure out why they can not get DSL signal into house
>> dispite fact  Door Bell Fone unit is staring them right in the face
>> beside the alarm equiptment which is where the demarc is. Last tech gets
>> shocked by phone line when some one rings it and scares my customer
>> telling her she can have a FIRE because way alarm system is wired into
>> phone system .Calls and tells me can not have unit on line becuse its not
>> FCC approved etc.
>> At which point i get on site show fuck head the FCC registration number
>> and paper works
>> a Simple disconect of Door Bell Fone and DSL signal is working into house
>> . Rehooked up doorbell phone on unused second line and when second line
>> on phones rings its front door. He tells me no one hs eve seen one f
>> these units before?
>>
>> TALK ABOUT STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES VERIZON HIRES THESE DAYS.
>> Is it me or is it the fact all cable and telephone companys hire these
>> days are a bunch of dumb fucking back woods hicks  subs for minimum wage
>> give them 2 days training and set them loose.
>> I have yet to see one DSL, digital cable phone line or cable voip go in
>> the last 5 years where an alarm system is involved  where the tech was
>> not a complete fucking idiot   who screws up the alrm and phone lines
>> and who i would not allow in my own home just from there aperance.   tell
>> me thes Cable and Phone Companys  have some good compitant people I know
>> they have them on the commercail side. some times..
>>
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