josephMEKANIC,
Personally I dislike Verizon also. Verizon refused to repair my phone line a few years ago, but did give me credit for it which I drained it down to almost the last penny over about 18 months and then transferred my home phone number to Sprint. I wasn't giving up my 30+ year old number.
Too much time on your hands, I have a lot of fire wood to split.