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Well, We Have A Working Phone

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:50:43 GMT

The phone guy came early, 10:30am. It was to be between 1 and 5pm.

He was here for 3 hours. He did the outside work first. All we had before was a modum/router (I said I wasn't a tech person). It was only about 3 inches wide and sat on the end table with no problem. Now we have 3 boxes. The new router lays flat and is quite large as are the 2 other boxes. Don't ask, I haqve no idea what they are.

The tech was very nice but had an accent neither of us could figure out. He kept asking if we had cell service. DD told him at least 4 times, no we can;t get cell service here. He had her go upstairs and outisde to try and get it even though she told him we have tried that. She said that is why we need a landline, no service. Yikes.

But, at least if we have an emergency we can call for help.

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I am still oxox — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:05:58 GMT

If you cell phone has wifi you can hook up throrugh your router and use wifi calling

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catter70 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:33:08 GMT

Good for you. Another problem solved. I can't believe it took so long for you to get your service back.

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udc — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:37:08 GMT

I know what you mean about no cell phone service. I also have a landline. Nobody understands when you tell them you cant get cell phone service. Its enought to make you crazy.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:45:50 GMT

@udc When he insisted my daughter go upstairs and outside to check for a signal...............after she told him we don't get service here, well, I thought she was going to throw a router at him.

We live here, we know what works and what doesn't. Good grief.

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udc — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:48:33 GMT

Give him the phone and tell him to go upstairs. You just cant make people understand.

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Bookplate — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:29:02 GMT

Just in time for the nationwide Verizon outage!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:52:12 GMT

@Bookplate Thankfully, we don't have Verizon.

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San Antonio Gal — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:59:25 GMT

Yeah - poor Verizon folks today.

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shoekitty — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:41:50 GMT

@San Antonio Gal what Verizon outrage. Where? I have Verizon but didn't notice

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Bookplate — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:14:41 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
@San Antonio Gal what Verizon outrage. Where? I have Verizon but didn't notice

@shoekitty Besides NYC - Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Phoenix. 2 million customers at minimum. It was all afternoon for us here.

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debfau — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:17:55 GMT

@Bookplate wrote:
@shoekitty wrote:
@San Antonio Gal what Verizon outrage. Where? I have Verizon but didn't notice
@shoekitty Besides NYC - Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Phoenix. 2 million customers at minimum. It was all afternoon for us here.

DC was also affected by this.

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shoekitty — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:59:56 GMT

@Bookplate wrote:
@shoekitty wrote:
@San Antonio Gal what Verizon outrage. Where? I have Verizon but didn't notice
@shoekitty Besides NYC - Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Phoenix. 2 million customers at minimum. It was all afternoon for us here.

@Bookplate oh no that's awful. I depend so much on internet and phone since I became a little disabled, it is heck for me to go without it. I am near Silicon Valley, ca. I didn't feel disruption. Although, I was at hairdressers, and using a hot spot

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Icegoddess — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:06:26 GMT

I had a break this afternoon and pulled out my phone and it said only Emergency calls. I was like WTH? Then someone told me about the Verizon outage. That explains why earlier in the day I kept waiting for a site to send me a code and it didn't come and then all of a sudden I got 7 text messages all at once (Including that Code I was waiting for).

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Scooby Doo — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:01:14 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
@udc When he insisted my daughter go upstairs and outside to check for a signal...............after she told him we don't get service here, well, I thought she was going to throw a router at him.

We live here, we know what works and what doesn't. Good grief.

Perhaps he was trying to get a signal for you.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:16:39 GMT

@Scooby Doo We are between two hills and there is a cell tower 3 miles away. We have never, ever gotten a signal. I got a cell phone back in 2006 and have never been able to use it here at the house.

If he had gotten one he would have worked a miracle.