stupid phones

Mom suggested I call the FCC. The FCC’s phone tree told me to call my state Public Utilities Commission (Harold told me to do that yesterday. Harold was right.). My Public Utilities Commission changed its name to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, and I’d like to know how the hell I was supposed to know that without the internet? Well, ok, I’d have eventually called the phone directory and /probably/ they’d have it listed under both names although the phone book doesn’t, but still. Fnrt. Anyway, waiting til after lunch…

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phone bastards

So the phone company says it’s going to take four to six _weeks_ to get our phone transferred over. I called ACS, the big phone company up here. They said if I called GCI and cancelled my account and the switch with them, and called ACS back, that they could have my phone switched on ‘probably the same day’. See, ACS owns all the hard-wired lines. GCI is renting some of them. Because of deregulation, or something, GCI doesn’t have to pay ACS for maintenance of the lines or for…

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