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Jim Redelfs Jim Redelfs is offline
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Default Underground phone line cut to house
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3) Will the phone company fix this for free?

Contrary to popular belief, the phone company NEVER fixed (or did) ANYTHING
for "free". Never. Not directory assistance, pre-wiring in the good, old
days, zippo.

EVERYONE - all phone subscribers - paid for those services as part of their
monthly bill.

We invented socialism, folks. Judge Greene tore it all down in the Modified
Final Judgement and Final Divestiture of that old, mean, evil Bell System.

It all began to fall apart with the advent of charging for Directory
Assistance. Think about it: Why should *I* pay - as part of my phone bill -
for DA operators that I never use, but are OVERUSED by those too lazy to use
the phone book?

Why should I pay for the damage you did to your buried service wire?

You probably will - and SHOULD - be charged for the repair of the telco line
(their property).

The technician that repairs the damage gets a paycheck as does the technician
that works for the locating service that you SHOULD HAVE called.

My "attitude" is driven by my constant amazement that the assumption that the
phone company will do [whatever] for "free" persists 23 years after the big
breakup. We're just like any other company now: You incur cost, you pay for
it.
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JR

Mean Evil Bell System
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