AT&T Takes Verizon to Court Over TV Ad Burn

[brother shrike]

if apple can get away with it in the Mac/PC ads, then Verizon can get away with it in the Apple & AT&T/Verizon ads.

 

[cknobman]

F_ck AT&T and their piece of sh!t network!

 

[jonpaul37]

F_ck The Police!

 

[tomrippity02]

I agree with an earlier reader, maybe Verizon is technically 3G, but I've been a in a lot of areas that my AT&T phone didn't have 3G coverage and the data transfer rate was MUCH faster than the Verizon counter-part.

The ad seems to be pretty clear though. In AT&T's defense, my parents who are nearing 60 would have no idea what the difference between 3G and regular coverage is, and I'm positive my mother would look at those maps and think that Verizon would let her talk to people in more places.

Contrary to an earlier posters comments, people that don't know enough about cell phones to know the difference between 3G and any other type of network are not "extreme idiots". They simply don't care enough to keep up with cell phone technology and so these ads become confusing. I won't go as far to say that Verizon intentionally mislead customers, but that may be what happened regardless.

 

[asjflask]

Maybe AT&T is suing so they can get the money from Verizon to expand AT&T's own coverage. Anyone thought of that? Smart business sense... however, the question is: will it pay off?