That doesn't sound like a problem with Verizon, that sounds like a problem with legislation. Your absentee super or out-of-state landlady wouldn't be allowed t

That doesn't sound like a problem with Verizon, that sounds like a problem with legislation. Your absentee super or out-of-state landlady wouldn't be allowed to stand in the way of you getting hot water, why should they be able to get in the way of other utilities?