The Mighty Verizon (update at top of post) on 042726

Update 042726: Called 1800 # and they asked me what the # I was calling about was.  A “digital assistant” answered.  When I gave my ph# (I carried it over to Xfinity so it isn’t in their system now) they said, “this isn’t a # that is showing in our system” and automatically disconnected me….