Welcome to the 20th Century!

After 3 weeks of Verizon troubleshooting we've finally gotten our landline phone back. The same number it was before the fire. You may commence the communications! The issue was that the phone wires on the estate are really old and need to be replaced, but no one wants to take on the expense of having them upgraded. Anyway, with the poor cell reception here we still felt disconnected since you were never sure if someone's call was going to get to you.  So now we have reestablished reliable phone coverage.