AT&T To Court: Please Make Verizon Stop!

[christop]

sounds like a little kid being picked on... make them stop lol...

 

[TunaSoda]

I say let them fight amongst themselves while I enjoy my T-Mobile service 😉

 

[tayb]

Arnold to AT&T: Stop whining!

 

[griffed88]

I honestly don't think AT&T has a leg to stand on, but the Justice system here is f'd up. So who knows, AT&T could win. Which would suck.

 

[duckmanx88]

WAHHH WAHHHH! QQ more ATT. and it clearly states in giang bold lettering that the map represents 3G coverage.

 

[brains2200]

I've use both data plans for years. Cingular now att used to be the best. It service has gone down the toliet. I cant get service in areas I used to. That includes not only voice but internet. It is so bad now. I dont even both checking my Att for calls or data as I work around Southern California.

Verizon used to be like that. Now I get Verizon voice service and internet is places that are a really remote.

 

[JonathanDeane]

I could care less as I do not use either one... but I do find it amusing that one company is complaining about another's advertisement. I thought commercials could say almost anything as long as it was not untrue.

 

[blackns]

i personally like the verizon ad showing the "old toys" in toy hell or w/e and then they ask the iphone whats it doing with them down there because it's so popular. It then shows the iphone 3g map...lmao!!!!!!!

 

[rtfm]

"While this statement is literally true" - Ha ha. When you add in the massive obvious "3g coverage" text overlay on the advert this just seems silly. I would love to be the defence lawyer:

AT&T: Your adverts are a tissue of lies
Verizon: You said the statmeent was literally true
AT&T: err *twiddles thumbs*
Verizon: Here is a suit for damages for malicous litigation
AT&T: Is that the time? *looks at ceiling, shuffles away...*

 

[rtfm]

Also I think it's sad that companies have this kind of attitude now. Instead of making a better/faster/more reliable product so peope use you business, it seems companies prefer just to sue (usually for some stupid patent crap). Totally kills innovation.

It reminds me of how people have an accident now and instead of learning not to be so clumsy/stupid (e.g. not running on that ice rink wearing bannana skates while balancing a massive boiling jug of acid on the head and juggling chainsaws), they prefer to find someone to sue (the ice rink owner for not having a sign). /rant

 

[bigght]

LOL..I just sat their and thought, "how long before AT&T put an ad out to couneteract the Verizon ad"? The ad never came, cause they know what Verizon said was credible. AT&T are a joke, as are APPLE, who have to make the competition look bad, even when the competition are giving them a run for their $$. Verizon has spent the $$ to expand their range, AT&T hasn't.

 

[lashabane]

AT&T just needs to go and set up a WiFi network so someone can go and download a movie; then the MPAA would really have something to go after.

 

[Hiniberus]

[citation][nom]scook9[/nom]AT&T really cannot complain here, they go around bragging about being the fastest, Verizon brags about being the widest. You don't see Verizon suing anyone?This is just making their coverage look as bad as it really is, which they do not like.[/citation]

I'm not all that much into business and marketing but I believe you are correct. In all the adverts I've seen one company never really degraded another. Though there have been some that may be boarderline when I think there was this one about how many price rollbacks some store was having and they were bringing out the figures on how much each of the competitor's stores were doing the discounts and then they brought up their own.

Though considering that they (should) have been facts, I guess they couldn't QQ much about it. Though aside from that, I've never really seen adverts degrading another company to make themself look better.

 

[theuerkorn]

AT&T promised 3G in my area about a year ago, and so far there is still an "E" on my display. Not a major deal to me and I love my iPhone, BUT it sure shows that AT&T's 3G deployment is falling behind especially since my Vz friends have 3G in the same area.

That won't make me switch as I used Vz before and their proprietary phone configurations and extra charges simply didn't sit well with me, BUT they have a point with their 3G coverage map. I can see how it's also subliminally meant to mislead, but focusing on the main message in those advertisements it's totally correct. One would think AT&T takes that as a reason to improve their network ...

 

[gorehound]

Good for the BS of ATT the carrier I dropped years back and will never go near again.
hahahahahaha...........can't take the ad !!!

 

[jonpaul37]

AT&T has absolutely NO case here, period.

When was the last time you looked at a map and referred to population as opposed to area?

 

[DEEB0rider]

Verizon didnt say they had 5 times more 3G customers...they said they have 5 times more 3G coverage...which is 100% accurate. Who advises these people?

 

[lamorpa]

Among a-hole companies, Verizon is by far the bigger one. I can work with AT&T. Verizon is in the business of monopolistic ripoff.

 

[Gryphyn]

Meanwhile, Sprint quietly offers the best bang for your buck. I save $500/year over T-mobile, AT&T and Verizon for my family, have coverage everywhere that Verizon does, and a network just as fast as AT&Ts, plus free calls to any mobile phone.
Best kept secret in wireless.

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]tester24[/nom]AT&T is just pissed because Verizon found AT&T's weakness. So who cares that the AT&T wants Verizon to say that they at least cover the population but... WHAT IF I WANT TO GET 3G COVERAGE OUTSIDE THE POPULATION!!!For instance, I'm on a week camping trip and on day 4 I planned on doing some hiking however it is going to rain all day, so instead of sitting around all day I want to look up what's playing at the local movies or is there any other indoor entertainment so the day isn't totally ruined... well there you have it only having 3G coverage in areas where only the "majority population" resides doesn't exactly fit the way I need it to... *Wish I could make the "I" bigger.*Yeah sure you can still get connectivity but who's to say it's going to be fast or if you are going to be roaming...[/citation]
If your outside the main population center, chances are your "3G" coverage for Verizon will be slower than the EDGE service you will still receive from ATT, so that is all moot anyway.