On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:28:36 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

after 2 hours of talking to verizon repair finally says they no longer
do tree trimming, they wait till the line comes down and bill the
property owner. they refer me to the town


On a dark lonely windy night go and yank down the phone line. Make
sure you use a wood hook or something that won't leave evidence as
having been cut with a metal tool. The idea is that an Act of God or
high winds finally brought down the phone line. Let the phone
company figure out if they want to cut the tree limb.