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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:12 AM
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My victory over Verizon (How sweet it is!). Wilderness broadband back - strong!
The Verizon Customer Service rep that I dealt with Monday afternoon was a witch.
Capital "W." She told me that my quest for a Verizon "trouble ticket" on the cell tower that I can see from
my lookout window was in vain.

She asked how I knew I could see the Verizon cell tower. She refused
to accept the fact that several Verizon technical people had already
verified the exact latitude/longitude of the Verizon cell tower on
Pine Mountain, and she totally discounted my claim that the director
of the U of Oregon's Pine Mountain Observatory had verified,
independently, the location of the Verizon cell tower. She questioned
my ability to locate said tower with lat/lon info.

Bwaa haa haa haa! I live in a 15'X15' map room. I live and breath maps
and geographic/topographic trivia. I am surrounded by optical devices
used to pinpoint the locations of anything I can see: animal,
vegetable, mineral, fire, water, smoke, etc.! I even have one-call
access to the phenomenal DragonPlot positioning system. All resources
were used to tell Verizon where their cell tower was located: N
43.8115 W -120.8725. That got their attention. She realized that she
HAD to submit the "trouble ticket."

By the time I got back out here Wednesday morning, my broadband
service was the strongest it has been all summer. Same today. A couple
of Verizon techies called yesterday and today. They were great and
truly concerned. They said that I was right all summer (I'd put in
several requests for "trouble tickets" on the Pine Mountain cell
tower) and that there was a problem at that tower. It was fixed late
Tuesday.


How sweet it is!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:15 AM
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1. My dear DemoTex!
Oh baby!

She had no fucking idea who she was fucking with...and NOT in a good way, LOL!

Good for you!

What a smart guy you are...;)

Yeah!

:yourock:

K&R

:patriot:
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:19 AM
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2. "Failure is the path of least persistence."
To quote my old friend and fellow airline captain Tom D.!
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:32 AM
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3. ROFL. As I read your post I was thinking "How sweet it is" and then came to Jackie Gleason himself!
How sweet it is, indeed. You won, and you won with panache and flare and overwhelming facts. :rofl:

Great pic.

Hekate

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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:37 AM
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4. Ever read Don Delillo's "Underworld"?
IIRC it starts out with a NY baseball scene with Gleaon in the stands.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 01:42 AM
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5. I don't think I've read that... may have to go look it up.
:hi:
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:04 AM
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6. Job well done!
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LostinRed Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 05:34 AM
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7. Go Ducks! n/t
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