Email addresses locked forever?

more than 100 days ago, in connection with a move, i switched from verizon fios to verizon dsl. at that time, i was allowed to keep only 1 of the email addresses which had been associated with the fios account. i was told that the other addresses would be locked up for up to 99 days in case i wanted to reactivate them. i told verizon that i wanted to reactivate them immediately on my dsl account but was told that that was impossible. i would have to wait unless i wanted to reactivate my fios account. i told verizon that if they put fios here in the country i'd be happy to resubscribe. around and around we went to no avail. it has now been more than 99 days and the addresses are still locked. nobody has them, they're just stuck in verizon yahoo's freezer. does anybody have any advice on how to thaw them out? the transition from fios to dsl shouldn't be this complicated.

I assume that the account that you were allowed to keep was your primary account. If so, there isn't any reason why you can't create sub accounts and have the old sub accounts repointed to those. Tech support should have walked you through this immediately.
Call then and tell them that you want your old accounts repointed, and if they say they can't do it, ask them why it can't be done. Don't forget that you can ask to speak to a supervisor at any time.
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