Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: ted@mitre-bedford.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: New England Telephone advertisements Message-ID: Date: 30 Sep 88 17:57:48 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 149, message 2 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) Why does New England Telephone bother advertising on TV and radio? They have a whole bunch of very professional comercials which give you nice warm-n-fuzzy feelings, but the bottom line is that they have no competition (for local service) and the commercials are a waste of money. Their jingle "We're the one for you New England, New England Telephone", really ought to be "We the *only* one for you New England..." I guess that wouldn't rhyme. I can't complain too much about N.E.T., their service is reasonably priced, and who else gives you Net 45 to pay your bill. I just seems to me that the money could be better spent elsewhere. Maybe I'm missing something obvious. Ted Ede -- ted@mitre-bedford.arpa -- The MITRE Corporation -- Burlington Road | linus!mbunix!ted -- Bedford MA, 01730 -- Mail Stop B015 -- (617) 271-2524 | | - this line intentionally left blank - | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+