| SinghaLvr 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 06:04:04 -0500, SMS wrote
(in article < 459e30a5$0$68960$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net> ):
>
> Or at least that's what the AT&T execs hope.
>
> Consumers have very negative feelings toward AT&T's long distance
> services, which engaged in very deceptive marketing for many years.
> Remember all those promises of multiple monthly credits to your phone
> bill if you agreed to switch to AT&T LD. The credits usually ended up to
> be far less than the telemarketer promised, but of course since you had
> no written agreement you were screwed.
>
> Personally, I had only good experiences with AT&T Wireless, but I left
> prior to their decline. If someone has been living in a cave, and
> doesn't realize that the new AT&T Wireless is simply Cingular, then they
> may mistakenly switch to it, expecting more than they're going to get.
I was mostly referring to "the last mile" service. AT&T knows that there is
no more money in LD any more (or even in local telephone service anymore
either). It's in data, mobile and media communications now.If they can be
the high-value provider in THAT market then perhaps they had something.
On the broadband front they are going to have to do better than BellSouth was
doing. They were getting their butts kicked by cable ten ways to Sunday. (I
have to chuckle a bit ... how bad do you have to be before the cable company
becomes the high-value provider!?!)
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