verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
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| reply to Drakemoore
Re: i want the bellsouth name back
You need to be patient. It takes time after the merger for the wheels to turn, especially now that T is such a big company (again). The old SBC services are still not integrated with the old AT&T ones and new ones are coming up. There is a lot of pressure to execute so T might surprise you services-wise, not time-wise and certainly not price-wise (you'll still be paying through the nose  |
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morbo
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| i call bullshit.
somehow they are able to roll out the biggest marketing campaign ever but they aren't able to do these other integration needs? like, i don't know, standardize pricing and speeds? bell south is stuck with expensive dsl and slow speeds whereas sbc is faster and less expensive.
b.s. |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
·Comcast
| So for you, making a bunch of 30 second commercials that btw were done many months ago is the equivalent in complexity of upgrading, reconfiguring and connecting thousands of network elements and realigning all the people that make them work?
Brilliant!
It's not a rocket science, you can do it in your home garage!!! |
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morbo
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clubs: | if they can plan months ahead to make commercials, they can plan ahead for reconfiguring the network and billing system. the thing is, they don't want to do that as it will cost them money. but those voices: transition takes time, etc. please. |
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bassthumpa
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Austin, TX | Confirmed: You have no clue. |
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DslTrblShoot
join:2004-09-23
| reply to morbo
You might had a point if the two companies were allowed to collaborate their network systems and the like during the merger approval process. However according to FCC regulations they were not allowed to collaborate, but actually act as competitors. Just like when SBC was buying ATT, they could not collaborate either. |
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morbo
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| said by DslTrblShoot  :You might had a point if the two companies were allowed to collaborate their network systems and the like during the merger approval process. However according to FCC regulations they were not allowed to collaborate, but actually act as competitors. Just like when SBC was buying ATT, they could not collaborate either. if planning (not implementing) for the transition is "collaboration" then it follows that the commercials for the merger also couldn't have been produced as it would be seen as "collaboration" also. bellsouth PR or marketing must have given their logos to AT&T/SBC in order to make those commercials. or is a double standard (planning ahead in this situation) somehow allowable? |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
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| There is a difference between playing with a company logo, throwing darts at it, or setting it on fire, and doing so in public. Think of it this way, t-shirts with a championship winner are always printed ahead of time for both teams, so they are available immediately after one is announced, but only the t-shirts with the winning team make it to the public. AT&T could be making (having some graphics design company make) commercials about a merger with say Qwest right now even if that is extremely unlikely to happen (as far as you know).
Merging networks and improving service is a whole different proposition both in cost and complexity. |
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morbo
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| said by verolom :Merging networks and improving service is a whole different proposition both in cost and complexity. point taken. however, AT&T could immediately change the price of BellSouth area dsl offerings to be in line with what MaBell is offering. they don't because? |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA | I can think of multiple reasons but likely we will agree on one, to make more money. |
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