I kept getting those Verizon invitations a finally went over to the Verizon store and signed up. A week later, I got a note that said that, notwithstanding what they'd said, FIOS was not yet available, but they'd provide me with Direct TV til it was.

The direct TV installers didn't show up for another week, and told me that, because of the trees behind us, they couldn't get the line-of-sight they needed, so we couldn't get that, either. It took three more months to get the monthly charges taken off our bill, and a bit longer to get our deposit and installation fees back.

And we kept getting the invitations.