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  • CenturyLink has left Estero residents without phone or internet for over 3 months [telecom]

    From Bill Horne@malQRMassimilation@gmail.com to comp.dcom.telecom on Tue Mar 7 09:43:17 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom

    by Tori Kinley

    ESTERO, Fla. rCo In a world reliant on the internet, many of us canrCOt
    imagine being without wifi for even a few hours, let alone for over
    three months. For some residents in Estero, this has been their
    reality.

    rCLI have not had internet or phone line since Nov. 28,rCY said Rose
    Nelson, a resident of Six LrCOs Farm Road (off Corkscrew).

    She said on Nov. 28, 2022, the power company was replacing a power
    pole, and after that day, they did not have internet or landline phone
    service. Neighbors speculate that the power company cut the line while replacing the power pole.

    https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/03/03/centurylink-has-left-estero-residents-without-phone-or-internet-for-over-3-months/

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  • From Marco Moock@mo01@posteo.de to comp.dcom.telecom on Tue Mar 7 16:09:27 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom

    Am 07.03.2023 schrieb Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>:

    rCLI have not had internet or phone line since Nov. 28,rCY said Rose
    Nelson, a resident of Six LrCOs Farm Road (off Corkscrew).

    She said on Nov. 28, 2022, the power company was replacing a power
    pole, and after that day, they did not have internet or landline phone service. Neighbors speculate that the power company cut the line while replacing the power pole.

    Did they get their money back?
    What about business?
    Who pays for the damage?

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  • From Fred Atkinson@fatkinson@mishmash.com to comp.dcom.telecom on Tue Mar 7 15:48:53 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom

    On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 8:05 AM, Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> wrote:
    by Tori Kinley

    ESTERO, Fla. rCo In a world reliant on the internet, many of us canrCOt imagine being without wifi for even a few hours, let alone for over
    three months. For some residents in Estero, this has been their
    reality.

    rCLI have not had internet or phone line since Nov. 28,rCY said Rose
    Nelson, a resident of Six LrCOs Farm Road (off Corkscrew).

    She said on Nov. 28, 2022, the power company was replacing a power
    pole, and after that day, they did not have internet or landline
    phone service. Neighbors speculate that the power company cut the
    line while replacing the power pole.

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    Years ago, the phone company trenched through our yard to run an
    underground phone cable to my parents' home and business property.

    After they were done, I noticed that power to a shed on the business
    property was out.

    When I called the phone company, they told me to call the power
    company [which of course, I wasn't buying into). They kept
    denying responsibility despite the fact that they had trenched
    through the property when power went out to the shed.

    When I wasn't going to take no for an answer, they got a
    supervisor involved.

    He called a local electrical contractor. The contractor came out
    to the property. I showed them where the phone company had
    trenched. They determined that the phone company had cut the
    power feeder to the shed when they trenched though.

    The electrician repaired it at the phone company's expense. We got
    power back to the shed.

    My father was just flabbergasted that I was able to get that done.

    It pays to know what is going on and what the correct course of action
    is. The responsible party will generally deny their responsibility
    for something like that.

    Stick to your guns. You can bring about such a resolution.

    Regards,

    Fred Atkinson


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