Hi Terri;
I have tried the free 411 numerous times and, I just am not happy with it.
With all the advertisements and then sometime it does not understand what
you are saying.
What it comes down to basically is that I worked on the landline side of
VERIZON for 27 years.
I am very partial to VERIZON.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] OT Cell phone question
> But we don't need the 411 exemption for Verizon as long as we can call the
> free Directory Assistance number: 1-800-free411.
>
> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:43 AM
> Subject: Re: OT Cell phone question
>
>
>>I knew there was another reason I've never bothered to apply for the
>> directory assistance exemption. I mean, apart from not hating to call
>> directory assistance (having worked there, umm, it's not pretty). Of
>> course, in a way, I can't exactly blame Verizon...there are enough
>> blind people who insist that tech support people know about how to
>> hand-hold them through using their assistive technology while fixing
>> their computer problems and get bent out of shape when the tech guy
>> tells them to "click" something. I know what I'm talking about in this
>> regard, having worked at an ISP's tech support for a couple
>> years. Which is to say, if you're going to call a mainstream tech
>> support center, it's at least partly your responsibility to speak
>> point and drool enough to operate your assistive technology and
>> translate "Double click the my computer icon" into keyboard use. To be
>> fair though, even the barest mention of assistive technology sends
>> some of these guys into a panic, even if you don't insist they have to
>> know anything about it. When I worked at this ISP, I always got the
>> blind guy calls (well, me and the other blind person), even if the
>> person on the other end was savvy enough not to need the hand-holding
>> some of us insist on, because the other techs just said, "Oh, well, I
>> don't know how to deal with the talking computers". So, really,
>> there's plenty of blame to go around on this one.
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