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Not here in the DC metro area. ?We still get 3-6 pieces of unsolicited
"junk"
mail each week inviting us to subscribe to FIOS.


In the middle of my phone not working their junk mail increased

Even after asking nicely to put me on do not disturb, up to the
presidents office of verizon.

I finally conned a rep claiming the marketing manager whos name was on
all that junk, was a long lost realtive of mine

they gave me the office number and I called repeatedly ripping into
them for crap service.

I finally quiit being solicited

After asking politely the first few verizon reps who came to my door
to STOP, I began calling the cops on them. None were carrying the
required solicitation permits.

Those SOB's did that here in Maryland, too. At first they got me to the
door under the guise of their being something important about "my service."
I thought they were doing some maintenance or something. I talked to them
thru the intercom 3 times asking them to leave. The fourth time I rang the
12" alarm bell mounted in the roof above the porch. The little morons had
the audacity to say "no need to be rude" as they scurried away. Next day I
found gum stuck on my windshield.

This law was enacted burglars would act like solicitators, checking
for no one home.

Exactly. Wait - what did you say? I think you meant the law was enacted to
KEEP them from acting as solicitors. These were two college age guys
without even ID badges and just a clipboard with a form on it. If I hadn't
already decided I wouldn't take FIOS because they clipped your copper lines,
that would have done it.

Verizon is desperate for sign-ups. They rolled out a discretionary, very
expensive service in the middle of a recession. Jobs are on the line because
it costs them IIRC, almost $800 to wire a home for FIOS and if enough people
fail to sign up, they'll be operating at a loss. I read that they've
stopped expanding and if your city doesn't have FIOS underway by now, you
ain't getting it.

A tech savy resident got photos of the solicitator twice, once ringing
bell acting the part, then later walking thru his home. Smile he was
on candid camera.

Yep, so desperate to get people to sign up they'd probably hire anybody.
I'll bet they didn't realize that anyone who they've ever locked into a two
year contract with outrageous early termination fees is going to think long
and hard before getting involved with Verizon again. I laughed when the rep
said: "That's not us, it's Verizon Wireless. We're not the same company."
So why use the same name? To trade off the name, for sure.

So at the moment verizon is leaving me alone, I cancel at least some
services monday

I'm with you. I am at least going to get rid of calling features I never
use.

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Bobby G.