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

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2 Responses to “Goodbye AT&T..Hello Verizon!”

Lisa Ann on August 11th, 2008 9:37 am

I sure hope you have a better experience with them.
Amy on August 12th, 2008 4:30 pm

We have verizon, too! I like them!

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