>>Seniors in South Boston Say Landline Phone Line Doesn't Work, Bills Still Come
(South Boston, VA) -- Over twenty senior citizens in South Boston say their lives are being disrupted because their landlines have not worked in mor than two months.Preview: Twenty-six Halifax County residents, including George Oliver, say Brightspeed continues to charge them for phone service they haven't been able to use since August 15th. Empower Broadband's David Lipscomb tells WSET Brightspeed incorrectly marked their lines, so when Empower dug in to run their own lines, the phone lines got severed. Libscomb says no one from Brightspeed has responded to attempts to contact them.