Suing the Phone Company

TTop writes: "A Washington insurance agent has sued Verizon for harassment after receiving repeated annoying telemarketing calls from Verizon. These particular telemarketers would leave misleading messages on his voice mail like "It is very important that you contact our business office about your account", and continued to call despite his request to be put on a "do not call" list. He even had an temporary anti-harrasment order served on Verizon's regional president. While he ended up losing the case, other state's laws might be more permissive of this approach to protecting privacy."

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Me, too.

[Rick the Red]

My wife's cell phone account (AT&T Wireless) kept getting the same voicemail message as this guy: "It is very important that you contact our business office about your account." We don't have any Verizon accounts, and when I tried (repeatedly) to call the number they left, I got a Verizon Wireless voicemail system that refused to connect me to a human being untill I entered my cell phone number, but when I entered my wife's AWS number, surprise surprise, the computer didn't recognize it. I then tried calling the Verizon Wireless office but the drone who answered the phone refused to connect me to anyone (but I could leave a message). Bah! As much as I hate USQwest, if I ever move I'm going to be sure not to move to an area served by Verizon!

Thanks for letting me vent.