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>i know they offer service. I had it twice but cancelled it both times
>because they don't offer a local exchange and no one called me since it was
>long distance.

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> Extended network is not verizon wireless service. It is free
> roaming on another carrier's service. If as you hope that verizon is
> putting their own antenna on the water tower near you, then they would
> be adding a local exchange and offering actual service where you live.
> Are you sure you went to verizon wireless' web site and put in your zip
> code and it said they had service where you live? I find it hard to
> believe that if the nearest vw exchange is thirty miles away it is still
> within your zip code.

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> It seems I was not clear. I was questioning that the person's zip code
> was large enough to include his telephone exchange (obviously) and an
> exchange 30 miles away.

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>
> I live in Steubenville and had a co-worker who had a Verizon phone her
> number was not long distance but it was a Weirton number. I don't
> remember what the exchange was. Which water tower are they putting a
> tower on? The one at JCC by the fire dept or gasp up on Maryland Ave
> water tower? What ever you do DON'T sign up with Sprint stay far away
> from the Radio Shack at the Mall since they sell Sprint Phones you will
> always be on analog!
>

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> No, what I was saying is that if your zip code was large enough to include
> an exchange 30 miles away where verizon does have service then putting
> your zip code in verizon's web site would be correct, but if it is not
> that big, then verizon's web site is wrong. If you zip code was that bit
> it would still be a long distance call.

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> Well I punched in 26062 into verizon's web site. Looking at the various
> maps, it seems to me that verizon does not claim coverage for that zip
> code. Any verizon phone taken there would be roaming, extended analog.
> The INpulse(sm) Map and the Verizon Wireless Network Map, both showed "No
> Coverage". That they let people sign up for service even though they live
> in a zip code not serviced by them seems at worst fraudulent or at least a
> computer glitch. If the antennas going up on your local water tower are
> indeed verizon, they would certainly be digital, but not necessarily
> analog. And once that is operational, I suspect that they would soon be
> offering local number service.

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>how long from time of final approval to the antennas going live does it
>usually take. they should get approval at the next city council meetin in
>june.

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> On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:05:07 -0400, "michael e dziatkowicz"
> <mnmma@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Since the structure is already in place, the scheduling of erecting
> the site after getting the necessary approvals are *completely and
> totally up to Verizon Wireless*. Seriously, dude, you *need* to stop
> by a store and speak with a MANAGER. Repeatedly asking the same
> questions here won't get you a more accurate answer.
>
> Or better yet, *GO* to that council meeting, find the VZW corp. suit
> (he/she should be easy to spot), then after the meeting, corner them
> and ask *them* these questions. That person will be in the absolute
> best position to answer your questions.
>

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>Well i work 35 hours a week and have never been to a city council meeting
>before. Is there another way to find out when the antenna will go up and if
>they'll offer local numbers here? Like a phone number or email address? The
>closest store is 30 miles east of here.

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>Try calling Verizon,
>1-800-922-0204,
>that is there network issues number.

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>Cant hurt to try.

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>Well I punched in 26062 into verizon's web site. Looking at the
>various maps, it seems to me that verizon does not claim coverage for
>that zip code. Any verizon phone taken there would be roaming, extended
>analog.

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> OK, I could not quite tell, then I zoomed out and saw an analog area,
>so it is extended digital coverage provided by another carrier. So it
>looks like that for now the nearest verizon coverage is not only in a
>different exchange, but zip code and state as well. He might get better
>answers if he goes to a RadioShack or where ever in his own state for
>information.

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> On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:38:23 GMT, Jerome Zelinske
> <jeromez1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Radio Shack? You mean the company whose slogan should be, "You have
> questions? So do we!"?
>

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> "You have questions, we have blank stares".
>

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> I frequently had to ask a few questions to find out what in the world
>they were talking about. Usually a few questions to find out what would
>best meet their needs. May be I did not have the answer they wanted to
>hear, but it usually was the best answer we had available.

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> for most of the Radio Shack stores:
>
> "You have questions, we have blank stares".

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> Because not only did we have verizon and Sprint PCS reps. coming to our
>stores, we had them coming to our monthly district meetings, and we had
>their phone numbers to call for anything that came up.

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> "What's a [resistor]?"
>
>

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> PS My suggestion to him was to ask in a RadioShack store in his area,
>when they actually do launch service in his area. It seems basic to me
>that should those antennas that will be installed on his water tower
>turn out to be verizon antenna, then verizon will have expanded their
>exchange base to include one local to him. And then or soon before the
>RadioShacks local to him may have the info. he wants. A corporate
>verizon store may be opening soon near there, for a more direct source.