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@Steve Trachsel, Ace: Probably because they dont view the calls as complains, just \"re-education opportunities\".
@Steve Trachsel, Ace: Probably because they dont view the calls as complains, just \"re-education opportunities\".
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It could just be that all the complaining (or rather, venting) is done when people switch to another company (which these days is just out of the frying pan and into the fire).
Nothing makes me thing of being responsive to customers like dealing with unions..... oh wait.
The fact that the FiOS infrastructure is much lower maintenance, and will require fewer union staff members to run when compared to the copper infrastructure had, I'm sure, absolutely nothing to do with this protest.
@JustAGuy2: Wait, you mean the fact that Verizon isn't doing its job that is mandated by both the FCC and state utility commissions isn't really the issue here? If Verizon is not putting people to work to follow the law, I can hardly see a conflict of interest in union employees in pointing out the fact to us.
The people that are complaining about Verizon ignoring the copper are probably the same old timers who complain about the digital TV conversion. I.E. they never want to change for the better. There is no law that says Verizon has to offer copper at all if they dont want to. Its not profitable so why should they spend millions fixing it when there is a better solution
@JustAGuy2: Bingo, nail and head and all that. Just like the last time these schlubs started rattling their sabers. While Verizon does have a duty to its subscribers to maintain what infrastucture it has, the eventual elimination of copper will put many of these guys out of work.
Well the fact that IBEW and CWA are going to go on strike in August probably does not hurt either.
\"There is no law that says Verizon has to offer copper at all if they dont want to. Its not profitable so why should they spend millions fixing it when there is a better solution\" -- Gorky
Actually there was a agreement made back in 1986 by the Telcos and the government that copper would be around for quite awhile as part of support for ISDN rollouts. The Telcos of course renigged once they got what they wanted.
@statnut: Don't reply to the guy in Atlanta Braves fantasy land. All he does is troll on this site between thousands of posts on sports blogs.
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We should give Judy Peters a call and get her opinion on this turn of events.
most of you think the fios will be easier to maintain are crazy .fios has so much more equipment that can fail ont, bbu , power supply , router , set top boxes , and the fact that the fios terminals are so far from the homes that if the service wire breaks you could spend half the day at one house replaceing it, if it was a copper loop it could be done in 1 hour i vz went all fiber there would still be enough work for all the unoin workers and more would be needed ,and in verizon eyes they think they are all fios because they refuse to dispatch copper work and not everyone can get fios.the fact is someone is telling consumers why they cant get their copper phone fixed and then everyone has to post how its just a union ploy and that could be the case .but someone should be glad that the information came out. because at the end of the day the customer is still getting screwed
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IBEW stands for \"I'm Broke Every Winter\" because construction happens in summer.
Verizon's \"customer service\" is broken everywhere.
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Yeah, I have a Verizon billing issue right now. My most recent call indicated the problem is fixed--time will tell. If not, I will post my exhausting experience on Consumerist.com.
oh how i wish the EMBARQ employees would do this as well but at the moment employees are being treated worse than than the customer. they was even some complaints involving the benefits of retired workers. basically stealing from old people, ican see it clearly in my head. go ahead close your eyes! so the next time you think you got it bad just do an EMBARQ search. the worst telco in america indeed.
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So how many MORE complaints do they need to take them seriously? Because I have several that I could bring to their attention, if needs be.