Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs: | So...
If I had Verizon service, and got crappy reception at home, you are telling me Verizon would bring a rolling cell tower to my home to better my reception?
Bullshit.... |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | time to use their words against them.
Who on here has shitty cell service in their area that uses VZW? |
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bit_junkie
join:2004-05-04
Maricopa, AZ
| I call bull too...
While I can't complain about my service here in AZ with VZ wireless(it's been mostly excellent) If i were to call them and tell them to roll out a tower for better reception, I think they would laugh at me !! 
Maybe I should try it and see what they say lol  |
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r81984
Fair and Balanced
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join:2001-11-14
St John'S, NL | Really?
I guess this is change you can believe in. |
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to bit_junkie
Re: I call bull too...
I would...
And tell them that they said it to the news media so they must do it . And when they laugh call up that reporter and tell them.
I'm sure VZ would love that. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
|  Perfectly reasonable response to needs of press; secret svc.
Complaints about this being unfair are childish. Even if the Secret Service hadn't requested this, the press corps would demand it as part of covering a presidential candidate.
Verizon, AT&T, etc do as much for any special event and the presidential campaign is a special event.
So, you as a lowly nobody wouldn't get the same treatment. Well, DUH!!! Run for president and you too can get this kind of coverage at a residence.
And the Washington Post story is just a long ongoing editorial policy that is anti-Republican party. They should have asked their own political reporters if they supported this? The answer would have been an unequivocal yes.
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mitchell
join:2002-06-21
Darlington, SC
·Millenicom
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Secure Communications
The FEDS use ATT and Verizon SECURE handsets. That is why the COWS (cell on wheels) were probably setup. The COWS can use either a Satellite up/down link or a T1(s) dropped by the local telco.
Sprint does that here in South Carolina when the NASCAR race is at Darlington. Heck ESPN had a "special" power drop and T1(s) on a special pole back in the day.
This is not new..
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
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Re: Perfectly reasonable response to needs of press; secret svc.
said by TKJunkMail  :Complaints about this being unfair are childish. Even if the Secret Service hadn't requested this, the press corps would demand it as part of covering a presidential candidate. Verizon, AT&T, etc do as much for any special event and the presidential campaign is a special event. So, you as a lowly nobody wouldn't get the same treatment. Well, DUH!!! Run for president and you too can get this kind of coverage at a residence. And the Washington Post story is just a long ongoing editorial policy that is anti-Republican party. They should have asked their own political reporters if they supported this? The answer would have been an unequivocal yes. I usually agree with you, but I disagree here. We understand that as a Presidential candidate, having cell phone coverage is imperative, and for Verizon/AT&T/Sprint, whoever to take a mobile one out to them, or anywhere, is the right thing to do.
What we have a problem is that we're fucken (yes, the "F" word!) tired of the government and these corporations treating us like complete morons and think we'll believe their God damn lies about they would do it for us - that's bullshit.
Verizon, and AT&T, did it to get on the good side of McCain, just "in case" he wins - we get that. Just stop treating us like children. |
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tad2020
join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to Cheese
Re: So...
Of course not. I don't get any VZW service and nearly no AT&T service at my office which is 2 blocks away from interstate 5, in the commercial center of Tustin, CA. If they have no interest in service over 1000 commercial and residential accounts (about how many I estimate work and live in this dead zone), they don't give a shit about one normal person (you). |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
4 edits | reply to Rob
Re: Perfectly reasonable response to needs of press; secret svc.
said by Rob :What we have a problem is that we're fucken (yes, the "F" word!) tired of the government and these corporations treating us like complete morons and think we'll believe their God damn lies about they would do it for us - that's bullshit. I agree that the EXPLANATION by the McCain campaign rep was idiotic. They wouldn't do this for ANYBODY. And everybody knows it. But doing it to provide coverage for a remote major residence of a presidential candidate was correct and that is what he should have said. If the McCain spokesman worked for me, I'd have fired him for being an idiot.
Also, I am sure Bush's ranch has special cell coverage as well.
P.S> the BBR story incorrectly attributed that ridiculous explanation to Verizon( quote:
Before you start complaining that this stinks of inappropriate influence peddling, be aware that Verizon says they'd do the same for any one of you:
"Mrs. McCain's staff went through the Website as any member of the general public would -- no string pulling, no phone calls, no involvement of Senate staff," Rogers said. "Just because she is married to a senator doesn't mean she forfeits her right to ask for cell service as any other Verizon customer can."
). It was by Rogers - a McCain campaign staffer. quote:
McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers said the senator is not a regulator and Cindy McCain received no favors from Verizon.
"Mrs. McCain's staff went through the Website as any member of the general public would -- no string pulling, no phone calls, no involvement of Senate staff," Rogers said. "Just because she is married to a senator doesn't mean she forfeits her right to ask for cell service as any other Verizon customer can."
Here is what Verizon said:
quote:
Verizon spokesman Jeffrey Taylor declined to elaborate. "I am not going to talk about individual customers and their requests," Taylor said.
And what AT&T said:
quote:
"This is an unusual situation," said AT&T spokeswoman Claudia B. Jones. "You can't have a presidential nominee in an area where there is not cell coverage."
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| Pork'd...
However Porked or Pork'ed or Pork'd is spelled, this can just get attached to a federal spending bill and voila! Cell tower for the McCains. But wait, McCain is against Pork Barrel spending. Oh how you are wrong. See: The vote for the bailout with it loaded with pork. |
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Samus82
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join:2002-01-29
Chicago, IL
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| To a point they would.
I live in chicago and i have a very close friend who has Verizon. I always compare how my Tmobile phone has better reception and that Att is also better (i work for att so i like to bust him out when i can).
One day while i was at his apartment he called in to say he cannot get service where he lives in chicago. They told him "they would look into it..." 3 days later he got a letter in the mail a crew would look into it further. 2 weeks later there was a new cell tower on the church 2 blocks away from his house and he got another letter in the mail askin him if he was satisfied.
I dont like verizon. BUT i was impressed by this service.
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pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA | reply to r81984
Re: Really?
ZING!  |
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bjl
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join:2002-05-02
Newport Beach, CA | reply to tad2020
Re: So...
What cross streets in Tustin? |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX
| Just the cost of doing business
Stuff like that goes on all the time. It would be stupid not to do it and make any senator angry. They have the power to make a company's situation a lot more difficult. When I used to work at a pizza place in a small college town, our boss made us drive miles way out of our delivery area to deliver pizza to the local university's president. He also got a big 75% discount, but everytime there was a football or basketball game the university ordered over 500 pizzas. When someone has clout they get favors, that's just life. I've done things for pretty girls that I would never do for an ugly chick, so have some of you. |
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Bobcat
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join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
1 edit | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Perfectly reasonable response to needs of press; secret svc.
said by TKJunkMail :Complaints about this being unfair are childish. Even if the Secret Service hadn't requested this, the press corps would demand it as part of covering a presidential candidate. OK, but let them pay for it. Why should I, as a Verizon Wireless customer, have to pay for service for a millionaire who chose to live in the middle of nowhere? |
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Corydon
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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| reply to Rob
Presumably the McCains are already paying for landlines and internet service out to the ranch. Why not set up femtocells if cell phone service is so necessary?
Indeed, if the campaign and/or the family require cell service at the ranch, why is VZ and AT&T providing it for free? Surely the campaign has the funds to pay for the temporary tower (if it's for campaign purposes) and we know Cindy McCain has the money to construct a tower (if it's for family purposes).
Here's a question: is the cost of providing service for free to the Senator listed as a political donation? Is he reporting the gift? Isn't this what got Ted Stevens into trouble?
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ztmike
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Cindy
Cindy McCain is a hotty for her age and shes loaded.
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | simpsons did it
Simpson did it as away to pay for a big bill. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to Corydon
Re: Perfectly reasonable response to needs of press; secret svc.
said by Corydon :Presumably the McCains are already paying for landlines and internet service out to the ranch. Why not set up femtocells if cell phone service is so necessary? Indeed, if the campaign and/or the family require cell service at the ranch, why is VZ and AT&T providing it for free? Surely the campaign has the funds to pay for the temporary tower (if it's for campaign purposes) and we know Cindy McCain has the money to construct a tower (if it's for family purposes). Here's a question: is the cost of providing service for free to the Senator listed as a political donation? Is he reporting the gift? Isn't this what got Ted Stevens into trouble? I am fairly sure this wasn't mostly for McCain and his staff, but for the hundreds of reporters covering the campaign. Maybe they should be paying for it. But again they probably are thru very heavy use of the providers cell service.
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