Re: [Discuss] Verizon Landline Strikes Again

2015-03-04 Thread Bouman MC
2015-02-27 11:21 GMT-05:00 Bill Horne b...@horne.net: On 2/26/2015 4:14 PM, Bouman MC wrote: Fact1: I choose dial up landline service as a brass tacks answer to hacking: Hacking can't happen, unless someone climbs a pole. Sorry, that's not correct. Once you connect to the Internet, you're

Re: [Discuss] Verizon Landline Strikes Again

2015-02-27 Thread Bill Horne
On 2/26/2015 4:14 PM, Bouman MC wrote: Fact1: I choose dial up landline service as a brass tacks answer to hacking: Hacking can't happen, unless someone climbs a pole. Sorry, that's not correct. Once you connect to the Internet, you're just like every other Verizon user, no matter which

Re: [Discuss] Verizon Landline Strikes Again

2015-02-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 04:14:51PM -0500, Bouman MC wrote: Fact1: I choose dial up landline service as a brass tacks answer to hacking: Hacking can't happen, unless someone climbs a pole. Fact 2: Verizon has disconnected dial up landline without admitting it to anyone. But they are still

Re: [Discuss] Verizon Landline Strikes Again

2015-02-26 Thread Mike Small
Bouman MC bouman...@gmail.com writes: Fact1: I choose dial up landline service as a brass tacks answer to hacking: Hacking can't happen, unless someone climbs a pole. Fact 2: Verizon has disconnected dial up landline without admitting it to anyone. But they are still billing. Result: As I

Re: [Discuss] Verizon Landline Strikes Again

2015-02-26 Thread Tom Metro
Bouman MC wrote: Fact1: I choose dial up landline service as a brass tacks answer to hacking: Hacking can't happen, unless someone climbs a pole. I'm not following your reasoning. Can you elaborate on why you believe this to be the case? Fact 2: Verizon has disconnected dial up landline