Goodbye AT&T..Hello Verizon!

August 10, 2008

So as many of my readers know, we have had nothing but trouble with our AT&T home line (phone) for well over a year now. We were averaging every other month, our phone going out on us for about 5 days at a time, sometimes longer, then by time you get a repair technician out all of sudden the phone works. We were told a year ago we needed new lines, problem is no one, and I do mean NO one wants to run new lines in the house. They come and fiddle with this or that. I have had technicians say well its not acting up now so I can’t fix it until it does, leave me a pager number and low and behold they don’t answer me back! WE are paying them $60 a month for unlimited long distance.

Now for me having the unlimited long distance was important because everyone I talk too are long distance, even hubby’s family and my mom are long distance for us. WE have Alltel cells that SUCK and don’t work in the house so we couldn’t just cancel the home line and use them. I mean when the AT&T service goes down I am outside holding the phone in the air walking until I can get a signal.

So hubby and I talked about it and said we get me a cell phone that would be the “house” line since I am home all the time and do away with AT&T. First I have to check with my son’s school to see if anything I have to fax I can just mail to them since I can’t fax through the cell line. If not worst case is just a line for 14.25 a month. BUT I will NOT keep the lines I have. I will call, cancel our phone service, then wait and call back to order NEW service with a NEW line installed! Hey works for me! I won’t have a trouble lined without the line backer on it, oh hell no! I am currently looking to fax through my computer to the school.

Of course I told hubby if I loose having the long distance, I needed a plan that gives me unlimited text messaging and instant messaging because I will be limited on total minutes in a month. So we bought me a really cool phone as you can see from the picture on the left I got a phone that you flip open and ta da has a keyboard! Got a great price on it plus up to three free phones, so ended up getting hubby and dad too. So for just a few months we will have just a little extra going out as its over the $60, but will save over $65 once Alltel is paid in full which is so another rant. NO bars in the house at all for their service and I am requesting an early termination due to lack of service so its currently pending in technical support checking into it..that is what the customer service gal suggested we try since we can’t get service in the home about releasing us early since only a few months left……

So I am excited. I can use the phone in the house I have BARS!!! Now I will be able to text/IM from the phone if I am not on the computer so I can be there for my buds!! We do have unlimited nights and weekends too but until the Alltel phones are gone, have to watch our minutes as there is only 700

Posted by Suzie Q | Filed Under Sweet Bits

She was trapped on the…

August 10, 2008

My poor daughter called this morning, she was at work and went to get some supplies and was on her way back down on the elevator when the power went out where she works. She was stuck in between floors for 45 minutes. The maintenance guy could not get her out so she had to call the fire department from within the elevator. They got her out and she is safe and sound, but a bit shook up. She said it got very hot in there and she sat in the corner of the elevator and put her head between her legs as she felt dizzy from it being so hot. She was crying and the fire department talked to her while she got her out then when they got the door open realized she was in between floors. She is just so shook up and she had to call home to talk to her “mommy”. I just want to run up to where she works and just hug and hold her a while. That had to be so scary. The power is still off when I spoke to her a while ago and I guess folks staying at the hotel are getting “mad” because the food is low, and you know there is not a lot they can do until the power comes back on. She is already shook up enough!

I told her a few days from now when they are outside on breaks they will laugh about this. Good thing she isn’t like her “momma” who can’t be in small places for much too long.

Posted by Suzie Q | Filed Under Lifesavers