I have a new nickname for AOW...

...BeniHime(pronounced, benny hemay), means Red or Crimson Princess in Japanese. It's the name of a katana.
And after what Altel and Verizon have done, OR NOT done, I can very well understand it!
Seems Altel is putting in new phone lines, using a sub-contractor, who apparently unplugged AOW's module, and forgot to plug it back in.
Verizon claims it has no techs available to deal with the problem before Saturday...BUT, she passed a technician parked on the side of the road, talking to his girlfriend on a cell phone...ummmhmmm, sure Wilbur!
We are about to start betting on the legality of the sub-contractor's workers...
Stay tuned for further adventures of BeniHime...

tmw