Who Knew FiOS Installers Used Amazon Kindles? - Verizon's latest salvo in cable ad wars....

Who Knew FiOS Installers Used Amazon Kindles?
Verizon's latest salvo in cable ad wars....
(old news - 11:20AM Tuesday Sep 09 2008)
tags: Fiber · competition · business · cable · telco · Verizon FIOS

Just as an amusing non-news aside, CNET notes that Verizon's latest ad for FiOS features a FiOS installer who uses an Amazon Kindle to schedule installation appointments. Apparently, Verizon just wanted to portray themselves as technically sophisticated (the cable guy in the ad still uses a clipboard), even if FiOS techs don't use e-book readers for appointments, and ironically the Kindle is powered by Sprint EVDO. Maybe Verizon got an Amazon kickback? The telco can be given a little slack, given their competitors have been lying about FiOS needing a satellite dish and trying to confuse customers into thinking that last mile and core network fiber are the same thing. Who knew ad wars could be so entertaining?

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Artec join:2003-02-23 Middletown, NJ	Bye Comcast I just called and caned your crap service HELLO FIOS!!
	permalink · 2008-09-09 11:21:58 ·

ninjatutle Premium join:2006-01-02 San Ramon, CA	Re: Bye Comcast Phone-y
	permalink · 2008-09-09 11:45:59 ·

LeftOfSanity join:2005-11-06 Felton, DE	said by Artec : I just called and caned your crap service HELLO FIOS!! And now we know. Good luck with that.
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:19:54 ·

Rob In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA Premium join:2001-08-25 Kendall, FL ·Comcast	said by Artec : I just called and caned your crap service HELLO FIOS!! Let us know if the tech shows up with a Kindle!
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:44:29 ·

maxpower join:2006-10-09 Providence, RI	is? Is this news? WTF?
	permalink · 2008-09-09 11:23:41 ·

hopeflicker Capitalism breeds greed Premium join:2003-04-03 Long Beach, CA	Re: is? "Just as an amusing non-news aside," You didnt see it in the first sentence?
	permalink · 2008-09-09 11:30:09 ·

Vathral Premium join:2002-08-26 New York, NY clubs: ·Earthlink Cable Mo..	Re: is? said by hopeflicker : "Just as an amusing non-news aside," You didnt see it in the first sentence? Since when did people start reading again?
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:54:14 ·

ropeguru Premium join:2001-01-25 Bridgeport, WV clubs: ·VOIPo	Re: is? said by Vathral : said by hopeflicker : "Just as an amusing non-news aside," You didnt see it in the first sentence? Since when did people start reading again? They read all the time. It is the comprehension that gets them.
	permalink · 2008-09-09 13:33:03 · Print ·

NOCMan Verizon Fios User Premium join:2004-09-30 Flower Mound, TX	It's Evdo It would work on Verizon Wireless.
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:09:48 ·

Do Right @comcast.net	Re: It's Evdo That's funny.. Verizon Wireless uses Sprint for certain things in their wireless stores.. Not sure what but it has to do with landline
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:21:47 ·

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said by Do Right :

That's funny.. Verizon Wireless uses Sprint for certain things in their wireless stores.. Not sure what but it has to do with landline

Depends on the area. Around here Verizon wireless uses At&t landlines. In Missouri City, Texas the At&t store uses Verizon land lines.
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said by Do Right :

That's funny.. Verizon Wireless uses Sprint for certain things in their wireless stores.. Not sure what but it has to do with landline

Depends on the area. Around here Verizon wireless uses At&t landlines. In Missouri City, Texas the At&t store uses Verizon land lines.

Time Warner Cable uses Sprint for Evdo also
They also use computers (laptops/ tablet pc )

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Exactly. What people are forgetting is that these companies are TOTALLY separate entities. Verizon landline =/= Verizone wireless just as Sprint/Embarq =/= Sprint Wireless/Nextel just as AT&T landline =/= AT&T Wireless. With how huge these companies are, it'd be a logistics nightmare to combine them.

And the fact that these companies are in totally different fields, they are fully in the right here and shouldn't be lynched on a pissy little misnomer. Now say if a VZW tech was using a Nextel phone, that'd be another case altogether.

To even further call out these people trying to point fingers at Verizon for anything they can, they are using devices from AMAZON and from a common sense standpoint, Verizon isn't actually paying for service from Sprint for these or has a business account with sprint just for these as Amazon handles that directly.
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kleinml join:2008-04-18 Levittown, PA ·Verizon FIOS	Not what they use. That is kinda funny because that's not what they use. they use an Intermec CN3 But maybe the Advertising company just improvised. Its unlikely Verizon would have let them borrow their actual device for a commercial. Probably proprietary software on them to connect to their core systems. Their Network security people probably said. No Way!.
	permalink · 2008-09-09 12:51:43 ·

ninjatutle Premium join:2006-01-02 San Ramon, CA	Next commercial.... They should use nn iPhone.
	permalink · 2008-09-09 13:18:40 ·

SixOfNine Brake In A Ladylike Manner. Premium join:2001-08-30 Sterling, VA	While We're in Nitpicking Mode, Since when does the cable company send a guy to your home to uninstall the service? -- Verizon FIOS
	permalink · 2008-09-09 17:58:33 ·

ITALIAN926 join:2003-08-16 Stratford, CT	Re: While We're in Nitpicking Mode, Cable companies send out a tech every disconnect to physically disconnect the feed to someones house or business. Im guessing bc people can still get the analog feed without the STB's....Sooooo theres nothing wrong with their ad.
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Cable companies send out a tech every disconnect to physically disconnect the feed to someones house or business. Im guessing bc people can still get the analog feed without the STB's....Sooooo theres nothing wrong with their ad.

I never had a tech stop by my residence the two times that I have dropped cable. All I had to do was drop my STB off at the local offie.
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thebulldan join:2005-06-13 Bridgeport, PA	All I know... Is that I just completed my order my Fios tonight. Install in 10 days. Start the countdown until I am rid of Comcast - just in time for cap season. Kindle for my fire!
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Boomerang86 Got FUD? Premium join:2002-10-18 VampireState clubs:	about the Kindle... Probably a screw up by the ad agency that produced the TV spot. Amusing, but hardly earth shaking news. -- Don't pay ME back, pay it forward.
	permalink · 2008-09-10 07:34:11 ·

heat84 join:2004-03-11 Fort Lauderdale, FL	Re: about the Kindle... When I saw Amazon Kindle, I thought it was something from the actual Amazon and not the website. Then I clicked the link.LOL
	permalink · 2008-09-11 13:14:29 ·

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