Oddly enough, when I worked for Social Security Administration, while I was
there, they had the standard Ma Bell types of phones with headsets and
microphones so we could work hands-free as service reps. About two weeks after
I left to marry Wayne, they switched their phone provider to GTE, and it was
immediately noticed that the lights on the phone weren’t nearly as easy to
detect, and a couple of people said, “Wow, I don’t know what Linda would have
done had she stayed at SSA.” I wouldn’t have been able to detect which call was
next in line to be answered.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Karen Delzer
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 10:41 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: verizon
Oh, yah, and Garfield and Richmond and a bunch of others. :) You couldn't call
out of your area code without an operator. :)
Karen
on 10:22 PM 9/30/2015, Rosemarie said:
There was National too.
-----Original Message-----
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ]
On Behalf Of Karen Delzer
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:26 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: verizon
Oh, yah, remember Duncurk, or ours was Edgewood, and who could forget
Hollywood!
Karen
on 05:21 PM 9/30/2015, linda gehres said:
We have Verizon here, but when I was growing up, yes, I was with Ma
Bell. Our phones were really nice. One memory, though, was when my mom
hadn't shown me properly the alphabetic dialing system on the phone. I was
trying to call my friend Penny DeGraw in Hayward and wound up calling
somewhere called Point Arena. I just couldn't figure out what I was doing
wrong and thought I'd get into big-time trouble. Fortunately, my mom
realized what I'd thought, that 7 was p-q-r, and that 8 was S-t-u. She knew
braille well enough to write numbers on braille paper without the alphabetic
(Sunset, Elgin, etc.) names. The phone companies got rid of those fairly
soon after this happened in about 1962 anyway.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
] On Behalf Of Karen Delzer
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:11 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: verizon
I would have thought that you were in AT&T territory, Linda. Or,
used to be Pacific Bell. Stuff does get shifted around. I remember when I
was a kid, we had General Telephone, the precursor to Verizon, and they had
the crappiest phones! I so wanted to move to Pacific Bell territory where
the phones were nicer. They had nicer dials, nicer bells, just better all
around. But, alas, we never did. Well, I eventually did when I grew up, but
that's another story. :)
karen
on 02:57 PM 9/30/2015, linda gehres said:
What's confusing about the article is that it doesn't say which
parts of
California are going to be taken over by Frontier. It would sound
to me as if
more rural communities are being taken over by Frontier, so Rosie
and Karen, you
may actually be staying with Verizon, as I'm sure my part of
California will not
be affected by this merger or take-over.
Linda G.
-----Original Message-----
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
< mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E%A0> > [
mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
] On
Behalf Of Sharon Conkling
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 11:21 AM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < mailto:ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
Subject: [ourplace] verizon
Hello All,
Please let's get the information right before making stanements to
the list like
the Verizon statement.
Here is an article below.
Verizon Communications vz says it has reached a deal to shed its
traditional
telephone line business in 14 states in a deal worth $8.6 billion.
Frontier Communications ftr, based in Stamford, Conn., will be
taking over the
Verizon assets in an all-stock deal, the companies say.
The deal will triple Frontier's size and make it the nation's
largest
communications provider focused on providing voice, broadband and
video services
to rural markets and smaller cities.
Verizon said divesting the landlines will help it focus on its
broadband,
wireless and Internet businesses.
Maggie Wilderotter, Frontier's chairman and chief executive, said,
"This is a
truly transformational transaction for Frontier. With more than 7
million access
lines in 27 states ... (we are) "confident that we can dramatically
accelerate
the penetration of broadband in these new markets. "
Under the deal, Verizon will create a separate company for the
assets being
sold. That company will simultaneously be spun off to shareholders
and merged
with Frontier. It will carry $3.3 billion of debt that will be
assumed by
Frontier.
The transaction is expected to close within 12 months, the companies
said.
The deal gives Frontier 4.8 million access lines to residential and
small
business customers.
The deal includes Verizon's wireline assets in Arizona, Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South
Carolina,
Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin as well as some assets in
California.
In its press release, Verizons says, "As of year-end 2008, these
operations
served approximately ... 2.2 million long-distance customers; 1.0
million
high-speed data customers, including approximately 110,000 FiOS
Internet
customers; and 69,000 FiOS TV customers."
Not included in the Frontier deal are Verizon's wireline operations
in
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia
and most of
California.
Frontier says it expects to save $500 million annually, by
leveraging existing
networks and infrastructure. About 11,000 Verizon employees who
support the
landlines will move to Frontier with union contracts intact, Verizon
said.
Sharon and Pearl
You are subscribed to Ourplace (
ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < mailto:ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
). To unsubscribe, send blank email with "unsubscribe" in the
subject line; do
not include quotation marks:
ourplace-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
< mailto:ourplace-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ourplace-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
. To contact the owner or moderator, send email to
. To contact the owner or moderator, send email to
