Verizon Won't Rebuild Its Landline Network in Some Sandy Affected Areas [telecom]

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As the damage from Hurricane Sandy is disappearing and some things are returning back to normal for those in the hardest hit areas, six months after that hurricane devastated parts of the East Coast, Verizon is telling some customers that they will not be getting their landline phone service back--ever. At least not from them.

It happened to the residents of Mantoloking, New Jersey, who were not given the choice to return to telephone service through a landline, but instead were offered Verizon's Voice Link service, a landline-like service that works through the company's wireless network.

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