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Verizon Workers Can Now Be Fired If They Fix Copper Phone Lines (arstechnica.com)
Verizon has told its field technicians in Pennsylvania that they can be fired if they try to fix broken copper phone lines. Instead, employees must try to replace copper lines with a device that connects to Verizon Wireless's cell phone network, ArsTechnica reports. From the article:This directive came in a memo from Verizon to workers on September 20. "Failure to follow this directive may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal," the memo said. It isn't clear whether this policy has been applied to Verizon workers outside of Pennsylvania. The memo and other documents were made public by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, which asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to put a stop to the forced copper-to-wireless conversions. The wireless home phone service, VoiceLink, is not a proper replacement for copper phone lines because it doesn't work with security alarms, fax machines, medical devices such as pacemakers that require telephone monitoring, and other services, the union said.
Really- I got a FT-7900R/E VHF/UHF DUAL BAND FM TRANSCEIVER, Baofeng 5 & 8 WATT radios for on the go, antennas for both my vehicles, and utilize a channel with a repeater for activists in my community. We get reception pretty much all over town and I can be easily reached on my radio. I had fiber installed by a local ISP. None of this was cheap or free, but in Keene, New Hampshire there are a lot of activists who want to reduce and preferably eliminate government. If you are serious about getting rid of your dependence on government and shitty corporations come join us.
The people here are against government interference in our lives. We want liberty and freedom. We don't want government welfare (from government schools to corporate welfare, though many people support charity when it's not forced via government violence), taxes, social security, vehicular registration, drug criminalization laws, drivers licenses, government involvement in private relations ie marriage, copy"right", and so on. If there is no violence, actual threat, coercion, or fraud there should be no crime.
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There are multiple different groups throughout New Hampshire and we're all here as part of a migration movement to create a free state and so far 10% of 20,000 people have migrated for that purpose. We're getting a lot accomplished and seeing new people move in regularly. It's been a long time in the making, but the project is really coming to life and we're having a positive influence on politics and life that can't be seen anywhere else. In Keene, New Hampshire for example we have the highest rate of BitCoin acceptance anywhere.