.....Can You Do Math Now?

Let me start off by saying this clip is long. It's 22 minutes in length, but you can work while listening as it's an audio clip, not a visual clip. The clip itself is funny, if you understand the math involved, but what's even funnier is that a different guy then posts a 3 minute response saying that it's "not a scam but a computer glitch" and that "Verizon is making mad money because of their software glitch if you multiply this out". So, this idiot doesn't even understand the real problem, yet he's blogging about all the extra money Verizon has collected because of their software. It's not a software problem and Verizon doesn't have a scam running! What Verizon has is people answering the phones who don't know how to correctly read the number in English when asked what it represents! As a math major AND SQA guy - this entire thread is hilarious. All the poor SOB wants is for somebody to understand what he's saying and he can't find one warm body to do it. Count me in - I understand. The call gets really funny at the 12 minute mark when the girl gets on the line. "There is no point zero zero two dollars!". Hilarious!

FiOS Rocks

I just got Verizon FiOS installed today and it is F-A-S-T. Right now I'm clocking 5 times faster than my DSL and in a few weeks when they move to speeds of 10-30-60 instead of 5-15-30, I'll be 10 times faster than DSL and 2 times as fast as cable....all for $29.95 a month. If I was willing to pay a little more I could be 12 times faster than cable but my rep said only businesses seem to be going that route. This is the 2nd time this week Verizon has helped me out. On Tuesday night we were at a swim meet when the worst storm in several years blew through. We had to navigate and redirect a few times on our way home because of all the downed trees. We were an hour away from our house in unfamiliar territory and visibility was nill. I hopped on my new Verizon RAZR phone and started up VZ Navigator and it talked me right back to my house. I fell in love with GPS while on the road for business and couldn't believe what I had been missing. I researched it a bit and instead of opting for yet another gadget, I bought a phone that had the same capabilities. I can now route, plan and navigate from the phone and it is simple to use. One cool feature that I like is being able to see a realtime map of the surrounding area with a moving icon representing me. Cool stuff. That way, if I'm not currently navigating using the gps feature, I can still see where I'm at and all the major highways in relationship to me. My only complaint would be the smallish screen as the one I had in a rental car had a screen the size of a portable dvd player. However, for as often as I'm really going to use it - the screen is fine. Big ups to Verizon (so far) for the new technologies they are offering.