I received the other day, with a recent postmark, a letter from Verizon telling me that I changed my password in December 2009! Why they would tell me 15 months later, I don’t know.

They billed me for 10 months (IIRC) for an office line I cancelled when I moved offices. ( I wanted to keep the old numbers, but the 3 mile move meant that I would be charged for a forwarded call every time someone called me on any of the lines, forever).

My new office number apparently belonged to a “Colon Health” outfit, which they did not tell me (and I didn’t think to check where the number had been, if you will excuse the expression) when I selected it. At the start, I received a number of call from people looking for something I don’t offer. Now, almost 2 years later, my number comes up on caller ID as “Colon Health”, which it apparently did not before. They promised they would change it.

It is hard to call them for less than 30 minutes, with most calls being 60 minutes with multiple transfers, often incorrect, and some disconnections and re-calls.

There is more, but I am out of energy (lucky for you).

FWIW, the AT&T deal (for Europe, at least) begins at $25 for 20Mb. That’s Mb, not Gb. I use it only to pull down the occasional map when I’m lost, but otherwise connect for data only.