It's Me on Line 1

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.