Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Make Sprint Put it in Writing! Message-ID: <12122@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 13 Sep 90 06:29:28 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 643, Message 3 of 8 Gary Segal writes: > Now I'm curious ... has anyone ever asked AT&T to "put it in writing?" > If so, how does their propaganda compare to Sprint's (or MCI's for > that matter)? AT&T has been making a lot of noise about getting it > "in writing" from thier competition, I'm surprised everyone seems to > be taking them at face value. Point of order: AT&T didn't offer to "put it in writing"; Sprint did. AT&T's ads don't promise anything except that if you have AT&T, then you get AT&T service. It may be nebulous, but that's all they promise. AT&T says that you should ask "the other guys", who are promising big savings to put it in writing. What should AT&T put in writing? They are not promising anything, except to say that they ARE AT&T. True by definition. Sprint, on the other hand says, "And we will put it in writing." Apparently it is just a glib, empty response to AT&T's advertising. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !