05-29-2019, 10:49 AM
One of the first concerns I had about the house was the fact that our main power line coming into the house or service rests on an Oak Tree at the edge of the property. It seems I heard stories from last year about fires being started from just such conditions. I was thinking I should call PG&E and ask them to come out and deal with that.
I hadn't gotten to that call yet.
But as we were out walking the beasts yesterday, I bumped into our nearest neighbor for the first time. He was out moving his flat bed trailer into a slot behind his house. When I introduced myself I noticed he wore a PG&E shirt. Excited, I asked him if he worked for PG&E. He said yes. Rudely, I told him about the service resting on the tree. He just shrugged. He said there were a lot of services in similar situations around the area.
Oh.
In other news, I still don't have long distance service for our landline. I've been playing this game with ATT. I call their main number or use an online chat service. The person on that end is confused and doesn't understand why I don't just get Local and Long Distance through ATT. Well, in my area, that's not how it's done. Much like it was done in decades past, I have a local carrier and I need a Long Distance Carrier. Sierra Tel is my local carrier and they are the only one who offers local phone service. No one else.
After much discussion with the first gate keeper, I'm told to call Legacy Services. This sounds appropriate. The only problem is that when you enter a phone number that isn't in the ATT system, they boot you back to square one. Today, I talked to a second level person who kept mumbling about me getting Sierra Tel to change their code to allow ATT in. But Sierra Tel already does that.
It is not frustrating at all.
I hadn't gotten to that call yet.
But as we were out walking the beasts yesterday, I bumped into our nearest neighbor for the first time. He was out moving his flat bed trailer into a slot behind his house. When I introduced myself I noticed he wore a PG&E shirt. Excited, I asked him if he worked for PG&E. He said yes. Rudely, I told him about the service resting on the tree. He just shrugged. He said there were a lot of services in similar situations around the area.
Oh.
In other news, I still don't have long distance service for our landline. I've been playing this game with ATT. I call their main number or use an online chat service. The person on that end is confused and doesn't understand why I don't just get Local and Long Distance through ATT. Well, in my area, that's not how it's done. Much like it was done in decades past, I have a local carrier and I need a Long Distance Carrier. Sierra Tel is my local carrier and they are the only one who offers local phone service. No one else.
After much discussion with the first gate keeper, I'm told to call Legacy Services. This sounds appropriate. The only problem is that when you enter a phone number that isn't in the ATT system, they boot you back to square one. Today, I talked to a second level person who kept mumbling about me getting Sierra Tel to change their code to allow ATT in. But Sierra Tel already does that.
It is not frustrating at all.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm