It's Me on Line 1

[tmcg]

Three weeks ago, I switched to cable phone, because how could I resist $15/mo for more services than I had for $45/mo with Verizon? Right after I switched, I got a lot of incoming wrong numbers (useful for practicing my Spanish), and there were service outages of one to three minutes at least once a day. Then the wrong numbers tailed off, but the outages got longer and now calls are occasionally half dropped (I can hear the other party but they can't hear me anymore).

This morning, there was an incoming call from my own phone number.

I thought that was pretty nifty. I even picked up. "Hi!" I said. "Am I there?" I was disappointed to find that I wasn't. Or maybe I was, but I couldn't hear myself?

I'm hanging in with the service, hoping the cable company gets its act together. If it doesn't, I hope that the next time I call myself we can actually have a conversation. Especially if the call's from the past or future or an alternative dimension. An interdimensional phone line! For fifteen bucks a month! That would be worth the unreliable regular service.

Comments

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

"Or check out our service bundle! You could save hundreds of dollars a year if you get Teleportation, Self-call, and Personal Duplication Services together. You never have to have dinner alone again! Call today and make a date with yourself!"

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Clearly I'm not getting the most out of this service. By golly, I think it's time to call customer support.

(Can you imagine that call? An irate customer ranting because the temporal-paradox and self-to-self and teleportation options aren't working? That might beat "Where's the Any key?")

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Especially because... well, consider how many identical calls the poor customer service person would be receiving from the same caller! To say nothing of the dog, er, continuously looped and repetitive calls.