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   From: noloader@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:59 PM Eric Tappert  wrote:   
   > ...   
   > Unfortunately, I think Bill is right - phone service these days is   
   > "when we feel like it".   
      
   This is very true of Verizon in Maryland.   
      
   Steve Marquess used to run the OpenSSL Foundation out of his house. It   
   hosted a lot of services the project used. Steve lives in Adamstown.   
   MD 21710. It is a rural area outside of Frederick.   
      
   Steve purchased a T1 for the house and some sort of contract for "top   
   tier" maintenance service level. If I recall, Verizon would actively   
   monitor for trouble and be on site within about one hour of trouble.   
   In the old days everything worked as expected when the squirrels   
   chewed the wire or tree limbs damaged the line.   
      
   Under the new Verizon everything is wireless. Verizon does not honor   
   the service level, and he's lucky to get someone to the house 2 or 3   
   days after trouble begins.   
      
   Steve got fed up and put a wireless tower in his backyard in hopes of   
   avoiding Verizon's physical plant in the rural area. He sent me links   
   to the pictures of the construction at his house and wrote:   
      
       Good luck downloading them over my crappy   
       internet connection, though... you'll get some   
       just fine and then hang on other download attempts.   
       You just need to keep clicking, or wait and try later.   
      
   That's a Verizon business T1 nowadays.   
      
   Jeff   
      
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