FED UP!!!!!!! Phone Service

We've had comcast HD Triple Play about a month or so now, and if this issue is not investigated or an answer found I am disconnecting my phone service and going elsewhere, regardless of expense...we are getting at least 10-15 calls a DAY from CA, particulary NAPA Valley CA, latest was last night 5/19/15 at 12:45 a.m while I was sleeping and having to get up at 6:30 a.m for work, this is very disturbing, I call these numbers back to find out why we're being called, I've actually spoken to some of these people and they confirmed it was Napa Valley CA and that they DID not call me, yet their number is showing up on my caller ID, yet my own son who is in my area code cannot get through!!! What the heck is going on???? Please do not tell me to change my land line number, i've had this number over 20 yrs so not changing it is an option, we have a family member who is coming to their end of their life, my husbands father and getting calls at 1.am is a bit upsetting in every way possible. So I wil do what I must to stop this....we're getting church calls, everything from Napa Valley, check my records and investigate to be sure the installation was done properly....I am going to take my phone service back to WOW very soon if no answer is found. I had no such issue with them at all!!! It all started once my # was switched to Comcast. Thank you
Jerry & Wendy Alley

These are scammers (not legitimate telemarketers), mostly from overseas, who are spoofing numbers to cover their tracks and steal your identity or money. There have been several stories about this online and tv, where they will: pose as an IRS agent or utility company and demand that you pay them via a green dot card or pre-paid credit card, and if you refuse, they threaten to call the police and have one of their co-workers call you back pretending to be the police;posing as a computer tech and saying your computer is pinging them, and they need access to your computer so they can fix this (where they are actually feeding a virus into it to steal your information;pretending to be a relative who needs money to get out of jail or foreign country; andposing as a person who can lower your APR or telling you that you won some contest/lottery but you have to send money to get the prize or check.The thing is not to fall for these tricks. If you answer the phone and it says push a button to be removed from list, DO NOT DO THIS! it just tells them that the number is live and they will never stop calling you. The newest thing is that these evil individuals spoof the number that they are calling so that it appears you are calling yourself! They hope you will be curious and pick it up:http://www.bbb.org/council/news-events/bbb-scam-alerts/2014/06/scam-alert-how-scammers-use-caller-id-spoofing-to-pose-as-you/ You can either: use NOMOROBO as someone suggest, but this will not block legitimate private citizens' landlines that are being spoofed by these demons;buy one of those TBlockers from Amazon where you can program up to 1200 numbers to block (even just the area code and first three digits, since each scammer tend to change the last four digits only). I have a 2012 version of TBlocker and it works great, but scammers still know that line is active because the blocker picks up the line and hangs up before your phone actually rings if the number is in your blocked list. But at least your phone remains silent, especially at night.on your answering machine, record the SIT tone (disconnect phone line tone) as the first part of your outgoing message. This is suppose to tell the auto-dialer that the number is no longer active and remove it from their computer system. I just recently implemented this because someone spoofed my own number when they called me, so I changed my outgoing message starting with the SIT tone, and then a message that informs people who are calling my number because it showed up on their caller id that it was probably not me because some scammer has spoofed my number. I really don't want to come home to a bunch of angry messages on my machine, when I am just as much a victim as they are! Don't know if it will work, but so far scam-free today (usually get at least two a day). FYI, it is not exclusive to landlines - now I am getting a few on my cell phone too (and I only give that number out to people I know). Thankfully there are apps to take care of that too.

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I am a customer who receives your internet for 34.99 and lifeline landline service.
I chose lifeline service for the landline rather than my lifeline cell as I was told I can only have 1 according to the Govt.regulations. I was also told I had to have the land line to keep your internet on. So I chose to have the landline than the safe link govt. issued cell phone.
Did you know your competitors do not need a land line to access the internet so I’m wondering if this is true or needed.
Now here is my frustrating issue,for a while I have been having very bad interrupted internet load and speed for the last few months. Been told to just shut off and on and I had someone come to my house on one occasion last month who left for 3 hours and I had to call Verizon to find the worker and dispatch. They located him and her so I got a call back from them and finally was told to just plug my internet back on, and that was it. It worked for a little while. Then off and on again.
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Shouldn’t Verizon keep such keys ???
Now I nor anyone can reach the building super so that leaves me still with no service as a women approaching elderly age of 60 years.I have no home phone in case of emergencies and my internet wifi not working properly and overages on my cell phone piling up when I use the internet on my cell and they are restricting data due to over the limit. What am I to do now with you guys??
I WAS told by your company I need this phone line to keep my( slow) internet on. I get only2 mbps in my area and still cant get Fios in my building where there are people in my block who I was told have already .
I have spoken to your competitor Time Warner and they say they don’t even need to get in a box and they do everything through a modem if this is true I might need to go to another company.
I feel like Verizon is like the old ages.Why? Is there not anything your company can do to progress this situation at this point? I thought you guys where the leading company. I will try other means of getting this complaint out if you guys do not handle this or if I am contacting the wrong dept here and or do not get a reply ( not an automated or outourced either please.)
Please direct me to who can as I will keep looking. The better buisness bureau fcc news can be somewhere to go if you guys cant honestly help me in which i really hope you can. I also know that if it was you guys going through all this runaround you would be just as frustrated as i am .
I am a dissapointed customer .

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Jabber for iPhone & iPad too long to connect to "Phone Services"

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You've hit the nail on the head with your last sentence, though to me a month (and then another) to wait for a new line is nothing - I am on my fifth order with BT. They lost the first three, then tried charging me an arm and a leg in excess charges for the fourth. I am trying again, this time with a total package to see if they are a bit more useful when they actually know I'm not going to switch to another provider - fingers crossed.
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Try this link>> https://www22.verizon.com/Content/ContactUs/EmailUs/emailus.htm
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Phone Service

My in-laws are moving from the eastern part of Virginia up to the northern part of Virginia. They are currently renting a house. Now, is there a way of forwarding there calls to their cell phones and having the service in the rental house turned off? They have had this number for over 30 years, bussiness calls, family, and of course those sale calls (just joking) they need to have access to. They are willing to contnue paying for phone service so they can forward all calls, but I think it is not a good idea to leave the service on in a rental house if you are not living in it. Please help me in order to help them.
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Welcome to the forums. You're talking to other customers here. If you want a response from Verizon you need to call or chat with them.
I've never heard of any offering from Verizon that allows you to keep a phone number active without an associated phone line. I sincerely doubt they can do this for you. If they can, it's most likely a very costly business service.
A better option is to port the phone number to a VoIP service such as Vonage or OOMA. With these services, you install a device that connects to your broadband Internet and then plug your phone(s) into it. Regardless of where it's installed it will use the same phone number. This will give you a very similar experience as a regular phone line. Just pick up a phone and call. Some VoIP providers also allow app based calling so you can access your phone number while on the move. There are monthly fees with these providers that vary with the subscribed services.
Another option is Google Voice. They will charge you a fee to port the number. No equipment is associated with Google Voice; it is purely network (cloud) based. You setup Google Voice to forward incoming calls to any real phone you want. It could be land line, cell phone or another VoIP provider. Outgoing calls can be placed through an app on a smartphone, tablet or computer. It's a different experience than a traditional phone line. There is no monthly fee.
If you do decide to port the number, under no circumstances should you place any service orders with Verizon. This includes a cancellation order. Any pending orders will delay or prevent the number port. Porting can take several weeks, so it is best to get started on it well in advance of your plans to vacate the old property. I'd say two months to be safe.
Good Luck.
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Phone service in multiple states

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As far as i know PRIs will not be able to route calls based on ANI and route it to the PSAP but I *think* there is a SIP service that ATT provides that does this. Else you might have to look at putting a small router with 1 or 2 analog lines just for 911 (and SRST if needed). A 2901V/K9 bundle with FXO ports should help you with this.

PHONE SERVICE OUT FOR OVER A MONTH

What is the mne Satter with VERIZON Landline Phone Service. I DOn't have a dial tone for over a Month now. Whatever repair was supposed to be done was supposed to be done for over a week ago. Who do I complain to About this Chicken**bleep** Outfit?

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No internet or phone service for over a month

I will try to write calmly, but I am EXTREMELY angry and frustrated with verizon support.
Our internet and phone service have been down for over a month. We've called over and over, and they've sent technicians. The first two technicians disappeared after fiddling around with our cables. Then someone from Verizon came around and said our cables and setup was fine, but it was something wrong at the Verizon office. They said it would be fixed within 2 days.
Then about a WEEK after that, we got angry and called Verizon support. They sent a technician 2 days later, who fiddled around. He said that it should be working within an hour and that he'd call us to see if it was working. Well 2 hours later, it still wasn't working..but Verizon sent me a call on my cellphone saying that our "problem" was cleared.Well IT WASN'T.
And now it's been about 2 weeks since THEN and we haven't had internet or phone service. We filed another request, but it says in the Status that Verizon does not need to send a technician or something. Well WE DO NOT HAVE PHONE OR INTERNET SERVICE. And they have the NERVE to keep sending us bills.
We are just tired of Verizon. We do not know what to do. Somebody get me a lawyer. Or some verizon support that DOESN'T have an indian accent, and can fix this **bleep** problem.
Thank you.

I can see why you would be angry and frustrated. I got the same Central Office story from the (otherwise very helpful) agent with an Indian name that I online chatted with yesterday, which makes that sound like a generic **bleep** response for something that's wrong with the Fios network. I've only been out for about 34 hours so far (they've said I will have service back by the evening of May 3, meaning only 4 1/2 days without service, lucky me!), but I was dumb enough to get phone, internet and TV all through Fios, so I have none of those. Fortunately I kept a Comcast internet account as backup, which is how I can access this forum. I do have a cell phone and I can get a few TV channels over the air, but that's not why I'm paying {please keep your posts courteous}$155 a month. And it is simply insulting to call Support and get put on hold for an hour. I'm reminded of the old Lily Tomlin SNL skit where she says something along the lines of "we're the telephone company, we don't have to care". Verizon may no longer be Ma Bell, but that attitude hasn't changed.

Been without any phone service for over 8 hours

There is no way to report the outage online as the diagnostic does not show anything. All of Chihuahua Valley in Warner Springs, California has not had phone service for over 8 hours and Verizon will not admit a problem despite numerous phone calls from friends who are outside the community and have phone service. One of the neighbours was told there are no reports of an outage and was told that she could make an appointment for a tech to come out on the 15th!!!!! Well if anyone at Verizon is reading this then get off your **bleep** and get this fixed. 951 767

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