 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to Rick
Re: You know folks... How does AT&T have a valid point?? If Verizon has 26,000 square miles of 3G coverage and AT&T has 8,000 square miles of 3G coverage and is depicted as such on two different maps which clearly state "3G Coverage", how is AT&T's point valid??
Disclaimer: Numbers are fictitious and are used for illustration purposes only. |
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1 edit | said by ropeguru:How does AT&T have a valid point?? If Verizon has 26,000 square miles of 3G coverage and AT&T has 8,000 square miles of 3G coverage and is depicted as such on two different maps which clearly state "3G Coverage", how is AT&T's point valid?? Disclaimer: Numbers are fictitious and are used for illustration purposes only. At first they didn't say "3G coverage". And this all goes back to the average person theory. The average person will look at the pictures and go "oh verizon must be better because they have more color" which is what AT&T is trying to subtlety argue.
Do you really think that the average person knows what 3G is? 2G/EDGE? 4G? They don't care, I'll bet a poll will show that all people know is that 4G must be better because its one G higher than 3G. They just care if it works, and the real truth is that different devices and providers will work better/worse in the same area.
Edit: Actually I just think they didn't have that AT&T had coverage outside of the 3G coverage. My bad, its early. |
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ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | I think your edit is what the hooplah is all about with AT&T. But advertising says you should compare apples to apples which is what AT&T did do. They showed their 3G coverage map to AT&T's 3G coverage map and it was clearly stated on both that is was 3G.
If you want to argue the whole, the average person doesn't know thing, then we need to get rid of all the advertisements like "Only Chevron Gasoline has Techron". What in the hell is Techron and of course on Chevron has it because that is what they decided to name it. And how about we get rid of all the other commercials that show someone doing something with a product that there is no way in hell that it would REALLY work that way. At least here Verizon stipulated UP FRONT that is was 3G vs. 3G and not our coverage is better then theirs. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to k1ll3rdr4g0n
said by k1ll3rdr4g0n: And this all goes back to the average person theory. The average person will look at the pictures and go "oh verizon must be better because they have more color" which is what AT&T is trying to subtlety argue. Do you really think that the average person knows what 3G is? 2G/EDGE? 4G? They don't care, I'll bet a poll will show that all people know is that 4G must be better because its one G higher than 3G. They just care if it works, and the real truth is that different devices and providers will work better/worse in the same area. So the truth is "unfair" because the "average" person is too stupid to understand it? |
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| said by BF69:said by k1ll3rdr4g0n: And this all goes back to the average person theory. The average person will look at the pictures and go "oh verizon must be better because they have more color" which is what AT&T is trying to subtlety argue. Do you really think that the average person knows what 3G is? 2G/EDGE? 4G? They don't care, I'll bet a poll will show that all people know is that 4G must be better because its one G higher than 3G. They just care if it works, and the real truth is that different devices and providers will work better/worse in the same area. So the truth is "unfair" because the "average" person is too stupid to understand it? Right.
Think about different companies advertise. Do they say "average 3G speeds on our network is blah..."? Instead what they advertise is "3G speeds up to..." to the average person they think they will get the max (look at people who have DSL, some people pay for 6 down but get what maybe 5.5 down due to distance from the CO), and then AT&T had to change their verbage to include "up to" but still you know how many people will sit there and say "AT&T sucks because I am not getting 6"? |
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said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:Do you really think that the average person knows what 3G is? The average person? No. The average iPhone user? Yes, absolutely. And this ad was targeted at smartphone/iPhone users, not just people who do voice only. |
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| said by fifty nine:said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:Do you really think that the average person knows what 3G is? The average person? No. The average iPhone user? Yes, absolutely. And this ad was targeted at smartphone/iPhone users, not just people who do voice only. Good point, I agree. Apple kind of made sure people knew what 3G was by putting it in the product name "iPhone 3G/S" |
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