02-03-2016, 09:22 AM
quote:Ditto to this from personal experience right here. I live on a road in central HPP which did not and still does not have 35 homes per mile, but got Oceanic service. Why? A persistent neighbor called them several times a week demanding service and insisting on speaking to supervisors each and every time. She also got other neighbors to do the same thing. When they guys were installing the cables, I told them that I didn't expect to see them for years and one said, "Some crazy lady drove the guys in the office nuts, so here we are." I have the service and love it, BTW. The crazy lady moved away two months after they strung the cable.
Originally posted by onrway
Having worked for and retiring from rural telephone companies I will testify that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The same is true with any rural utility. If you want service from them, you need for them to dread hearing your name. Call them once a week, bug them, threaten them with letters to the head office or the Public Utilities Commission. Don't let them forget who you are or where you live. Multiply that by numbers of subscribers and you can give them a real headache.