LabattBlue Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Haven’t had a landline in years. Line is underground to house. Want to remove interface box and cut cable at ground level. I can only imagine what Verizon would say, so I’d rather just play dumb and remove it. Am I asking for trouble with Verizon by doing this?
WhoTom Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) They own everything up to and including the box. Have them remove it. Phone lines carry power, so cutting the wire and leaving the cut part in the ground could cause trouble. (Maybe they cut the power when your service was disconnected, but I wouldn't take the chance.) If they troubleshoot it and find where the cause is, they could give you a hard time. Edited June 14, 2020 by WhoTom
Happy Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Have Verizon come out and remove it. Better safe than sorry.
mead107 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Still have a land line. Sometimes our cellphone are not great. Town putting in cell tower later this year. 1
The Dean Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, mead107 said: Still have a land line. Sometimes our cellphone are not great. Town putting in cell tower later this year. I think that's smart. If you are going to have a landline in the house, might as well be a REAL landline and not one that requires external power. With that said, I no longer have one. But once the Zombie Apocalypse starts (I think in a week or two), it might be the only way to communicate remotely. 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 4 hours ago, mead107 said: Still have a land line. Sometimes our cellphone are not great. Town putting in cell tower later this year. Cells will get busy in emergency. Best to keep LandLine. There is 24 volts on a LandLine. You can hack a charge off it. Why anyone wants to remove this infrastructure is beyond me. Just leave the NIC box there. It's like a "Sleeping Jesus" in the event of a disaster or emergency.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 Just remember what happened to Johnny Fever when he broke the phone. 'Phone cops'. ? 3 1
LabattBlue Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) On 6/14/2020 at 7:17 PM, WhoTom said: They own everything up to and including the box. Have them remove it. Phone lines carry power, so cutting the wire and leaving the cut part in the ground could cause trouble. (Maybe they cut the power when your service was disconnected, but I wouldn't take the chance.) If they troubleshoot it and find where the cause is, they could give you a hard time. On 6/14/2020 at 7:28 PM, Happy said: Have Verizon come out and remove it. Better safe than sorry. I will give them a call. Thx. [edited]Pleasantly surprised. Not only is Verizon coming out to remove the interface box, there is no charge. I didn't include in my OP that underground wiring if still needed would have to be relocated as we are having a concrete pad poured where wiring comes out of the ground to the interface box. So at this point, why bother with a relocation. Edited June 16, 2020 by LabattBlue
LabattBlue Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Cells will get busy in emergency. Best to keep LandLine. There is 24 volts on a LandLine. You can hack a charge off it. Why anyone wants to remove this infrastructure is beyond me. Just leave the NIC box there. It's like a "Sleeping Jesus" in the event of a disaster or emergency. I think when I cancelled my landline 3-4 years ago, basic service was up to $55-60 a month. Best to keep your landline?...I don't think so. PS in an emergency, I can charge my cell phone off my car battery. 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 4 hours ago, LabattBlue said: I think when I cancelled my landline 3-4 years ago, basic service was up to $55-60 a month. Best to keep your landline?...I don't think so. PS in an emergency, I can charge my cell phone off my car battery. I think the line still has voltage on it even if you're not paying.
LabattBlue Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 Called Verizon this morning, box and wiring removed an hour ago. ?
The Dean Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, mead107 said: Only saves $20 to drop it from spectrum I think Spectrum's "landline" like Comcast's and AT&T U-Verse's, isn't really an old school landline. It runs through the internet. You will need external power for those to work. One way to check. Put an old fashioned (no power cord needed) phone in the jack. Kill all the power to the house. See if you get a dial tone. IMO, those are simply spam call collectors. But if your cell signal is bad, you may actually need one to make emergence calls and such. You can get a VOIP landline for about $40-50 a year.
mead107 Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 1 hour ago, The Dean said: I think Spectrum's "landline" like Comcast's and AT&T U-Verse's, isn't really an old school landline. It runs through the internet. You will need external power for those to work. One way to check. Put an old fashioned (no power cord needed) phone in the jack. Kill all the power to the house. See if you get a dial tone. IMO, those are simply spam call collectors. But if your cell signal is bad, you may actually need one to make emergence calls and such. You can get a VOIP landline for about $40-50 a year. New tower going up in town. Will end when it is working.
The Dean Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, mead107 said: New tower going up in town. Will end when it is working. I ended mine, and also ended my VOIP a few years ago. BUT if I could get an old school landline connection for a reasonable fee ($15/month maybe?) I'd considerate it for real emergencies. I wouldn't keep a phone on it for the most part, but it would be there to plug on into in case of emergency. 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 The Corps Districts used to a have radio systems. Repeaters, etc... IMO, was a mistake that they ripped it all out. I always liked having the capabilities to call the lock in Taiwan ?? during a Zombie Apocalypse, world ? meltdown. They'll be sorry! I hate to tell @BringBackFergy & @Cripple Creek this bad news. They probably won't rest easy at night anymore!
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