July 17, 2004
Wire Pro
Since I'm on the subject, the Inside Wire Protection Plan, WirePro, is another service that is worthwhile. Unless you are able to crawl your house (or whatever it takes to work on the telephone wire) AND are willing to do so, the three bucks a month is well worth the piece of mind that comes from being able to call 611 and not worry about whether the trouble is inside or outside -- it will be fixed by the gentleman (or lady) who comes out from the telephone company.
The best recomendation for WirePro? AFAIK, the majority of the Technicians who get paid to fix telephone line problems have it on their own lines. If they have a problem one of their co-workers can do the work, crawl under the house, bat the cobwebs away.....
FWIW, I do not have it. I'm too much want it MY WAY to allow another tech work on my wiring. It is bad enough at work.
Addendum in 2011: AT&T has the price up to $7.50 a month, $90 a year. If you have a problem *inside your wire* it will be easier and cheaper to either get a little help on the Internet or have someone else on the wire.
Posted by at July 17, 2004 02:38 PM