Verizon: The Hillbilly Phone company

There are often clicks, pops, whines, whirs, static and tiny explosions on my phone.
Given my political views I thought it was the FBI until I happened across this neighborhood phone box, lovingly covered with a plastic bag by highly trained Verizon service personnel.

Or maybe they've outsourced infrastructure maintenance to India or the Philippines. Could be. Tech phone calls to Verizon go those countries.

Verizon has no objection to using slave labor or screwing the American work first or screwing their customers. Anything for a buck. Well, anything other than reliable service at a fair price.