[Hidden-tech] AT&T vs Verizon vs T-Mobile

Mon Oct 24 19:56:02 UTC 2022

Actually, copper land-lines *might not* work during power failures at some
future time: the copper system depends on backup batteries located in rural
concentrators and *Verizon* probably won't be replacing those batteries when
then "die" (they are lead-acid batteries good for about 5 years). A lot of the
copper system depends on older tech, some of which is no longer made (and
Verizon would really, really, want to permanently retire it). It is expected
that once fiber-to-the-premisis becomes ubiquitious, that Verizon may petition
the state to be "let off the hook" as the Commonwealth's ILEC carrier. Verizon
is *already* very *lax* about maintaining the copper, this is despite the
state regulatory agency leving fines -- it is actually *cheaper* for Verizon
to just pay the fines than fix the copper -- the Commonwealth of Mass has no
real authority over Verizon. Verizon's corporate *policy* is to not string new
copper. They will splice forever and given enough people moving to fiber or
cable VOIP, will re-use the newly freed up copper pairs for the few remaining
copper customers, but this is a losing situation. 

All of the recently built town-owned fiber-to-the-premisis system are equiped 
with backup generators.  This means that the fiber itself will survive the 
power outage (the internet won't go down when the power fails).  

At Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:27:56 -0400 Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Folks, to follow up from my previous reply, please consider getting
> yourselves an old-fashioned copper-wire landline phone service and an
> old-fashioned hardwired phone (harder and harder to find).
> 
> There are several reasons to use these services:
> 1) They will still work if the electricity, internet or cell service goes
> out.
> (whereas wireless, Fios, DSL and coax cable-reliant services will go out)
> 2) As folks have shared about spotty wireless coverage lately, the
> copper-wired service will not drop due to spotty coverage
> 3) They are much more secure than wireless
> 4) They are 100% safe for your health. There are no EMFs/wireless
> radiation.
> 5) Call quality, crispness of sound is very good (with rare exceptions)
> 6) Wireless communication uses ten times the energy of hard-wired solutions
> 
> Sure, some newer buildings do not have the copper-wired infrastructure, and
> I don't know if it can be added. And yes, Verizon and other providers are
> charging way too much money for these copper-wired services, and
> discouraging their use. A bundle of unlimited calls, voicemail, caller ID,
> last I checked is over $100/mo where I live. I have basic Verizon landline
> phone service, which only includes calls to the contingent towns, and then
> I have a third party provider for long distance, and pay-per-call, no
> monthly fees. I got an answering machine for voicemails.
> 
> Hope that's helpful,
> Deb
> 
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 3:05 PM Aaron Taylor-Waldman via Hidden-discuss <
> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> 
> > Some of this *is* new, for folks (myself included) who have previously had
> > adequate service and now do not.
> >
> > I was unable to connect on a voice call with a business based in Hadley
> > (also a verizon customer) last weekÃ¢Â€Â”we were texting each other in between
> > phone call attempts, "hey, I'm just called you three times and nothing
> > happened".
> > Both of us in our respective offices where we've had many conversations
> > before, for the past three years.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 2:02 PM David Ruderman via Hidden-discuss <
> > hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> >
> >> None of this is new. Verizon Wireless service is not good in South
> >> Amherst. This was acknowledged by VW which offers a free device to connect
> >> to your home internet, but doesn't quite help 200 feet from your home. VW
> >> service is bad in Hadley at the Malls and at Home Depot too which is
> >> directly across from the VW store :-(
> >>
> >> -dave
> >>
> >>
> >> *Dave Ruderman (he/him)*
> >>
> >>
> >> *david.ruderman at gmail.com <david.ruderman at gmail.com>*
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 5:19 PM Todd Felton via Hidden-discuss <
> >> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am wondering if there are other Verizon customers out there that have
> >>> noticed a significant decline over the last 6 months. We used to regularly
> >>> get 4-5 bars and now are lucky to get 2.
> >>>
> >>> No recent change in our house or phones.
> >>>
> >>> Todd
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Todd Felton
> >>> 413.320.3923
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> my pronouns: he, him, his
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:45 AM Denise Batalha via Hidden-discuss <
> >>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks so much for this information. I'm sure you'll get many haters
> >>>> telling you to "take off the tin foil hat". EMF affects my homeopathics. So
> >>>> much so, my specialist is up in arms about how much further they're going
> >>>> to go with data and how he will be unable to continue his work if the
> >>>> remedies are compromised and he can't do anything about it. People no
> >>>> longer question a thing... it's as if we're going back to the 30s and
> >>>> people are falling in line with the lies out of communists faces (sorry,
> >>>> been on a Peaky Blinders binge for the 3rd time LOL).
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 9:19 PM Deborah Chandler via Hidden-discuss <
> >>>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Mik and all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> First, please read this and see if you feel that WhistleOut is truly
> >>>>> unbiased:
> >>>>> https://www.whistleout.com/Service-Promise
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Secondly, the coverage maps are hugely inaccurate. Big Telecom lies
> >>>>> about everything they do. If you choose a plan with a place like Red
> >>>>> Pocket, you can change carriers if one doesn't work out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thirdly, as someone who has EMF sensitivity from exposure to all the
> >>>>> wireless tech they have us marinating in, I request that as much as
> >>>>> possible, we go back to reliance on WIRED products and spend less time
> >>>>> using a cellphone or other wireless tech. I know some people travel for
> >>>>> their work, and need to use a cellphone or laptop on the road, but please
> >>>>> remember back in the day, we did not have all this wireless tech. We waited
> >>>>> until we were back home or at the office. Are we really more advanced,
> >>>>> using wireless when it is NOT even secure, it is slower than wired tech, it
> >>>>> takes TEN TIMES the energy of wired devices (yes, it's true), in a time
> >>>>> when the media screams about how we must take climate change seriously? And
> >>>>> as of January they are banning the sale of incandescent lightbulbs
> >>>>> allegedly due to their energy consumption; I have them stockpiled now, I
> >>>>> cannot use LED bulbs. And then there's my friend who died twice on the way
> >>>>> to the hospital in June after being hit head on by a truck whose driver
> >>>>> admitted he was texting and driving. She was very seriously hurt, but thank
> >>>>> God is recovering and will be okay. Do we *really* need cell coverage
> >>>>> EVERYWHERE we go? Or has Big Telecom brainwashed us into thinking we do?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The number of people developing EMF sensitivity is skyrocketing daily.
> >>>>> One day you're fine, next day you're no longer able to tolerate being near
> >>>>> a cellphone or wireless router. I can no longer make one trip to a big box
> >>>>> store without getting sick. I have to rush the trip, getting out as quickly
> >>>>> as possible. And I can do very little of my beloved graphic design.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can find lots and lots of information on this topic at
> >>>>> https://www.ma4safetech.org, MA for Safe Technology. We just had our
> >>>>> monthly Zoom meeting today at noon.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sorry if this was not welcomed information. But cognitive
> >>>>> dissonance be damned. There is really never a good time to bring it up. It
> >>>>> must be interjected.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To those who have endured, thanks for listening. Feel free to write
> >>>>> me, I can tell you about recently testifying at the NH statehouse and how
> >>>>> the Big Telecom attempted to send in their Good Squad of lobbyists
> >>>>> pretending to be there for personal reasons, until my colleague ratted them
> >>>>> out. I was elated at her testicular fortitude.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Deb
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 1:17 PM Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss <
> >>>>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hey hidden folks,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I are considering moving my cell service off Verizon to AT&T, partly
> >>>>>> because we now go to Warwick a lot and have zero Verizon service out there.
> >>>>>> We've seen people getting texts and calls out near Moore's Pond, while we
> >>>>>> can't.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anyone currently have AT&T or Sprint/T-Mobile and have comparative
> >>>>>> stories to tell about coverage in the "fringe" towns of Western Mass?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't want to say price is not important, but I'm nervous about
> >>>>>> using a sub-carrier/MVNO that rides on someone else's network. Especially
> >>>>>> because those services sometimes have less data available, and we use a lot
> >>>>>> of data.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This website, below, seems to show coverage maps, and declares: "AT&T
> >>>>>> has the widest network reach in Massachusetts for both 4G LTE and 5G
> >>>>>> coverage, and takes the title for the best network in the state. Verizon
> >>>>>> comes in second for 4G LTE coverage, with T-Mobile following very closely
> >>>>>> behind in third placeÃ¢Â€Â”though the Un-carrier's 5G coverage is almost neck
> >>>>>> and neck with AT&T's state-best network."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    -
> >>>>>>    https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/Best-Coverage-in-Massachusetts-USA
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is that everyone's experience?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does anyone use Boost Mobile, Metro or Cricket Wireless, and what's
> >>>>>> your experience?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mik
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Mik Muller, president
> >>>>>> Montague WebWorks
> >>>>>> 20 River Street, Greenfield, MA
> >>>>>> 413-320-5336http://MontagueWebWorks.com
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