And now, according to reader Marc, they have two ads running in tandem, right next to one another (on the website of WFMZ) that each display a different advertised price. You know, I don't normally say this, but Verizon... Get help, man.
And now, according to reader Marc, they have two ads running in tandem, right next to one another (on the website of WFMZ) that each display a different advertised price. You know, I don't normally say this, but Verizon... Get help, man.
Like saying, "Orange Juice, $5.99"! Can't really tell if that's a good deal...
]]>I can see how that screencap looks stupid at first, but it's actually not.
BTW - To put this in a web development perspective: That website could have ads served from different providers in both of those slots. If it wasn't due to different speeds, such a conflicting display could also happen if:
- The 17.99 ad was the newer one (they lowered prices), and one ad network was a little slow in updating their assets.
- If the two ad networks used different geocode data and the offers were for two different locations (e.g. NY had different pricing than NJ), and the end-user was on the border of both geo locations.
My point is that this article puts the blame squarely on Verizon for being stupid and confusing, but there are at least 2 ways ads on the web can appear confusing or contradictory without being the advertiser's fault.
Or it could just be for 2 different products and no one is at fault for anything.
]]>I live in a rural area, have Verizon DSL and have no options for other broadband service. Last year when I renewed my DSL I was offered a "deal" on renewal. My price decreased and my speed was to increase.
Lo and behold my speed mysteriously went from 1.5 mb to 750 Kbytes. It took me two months and innumerable hours on the phone with reps to get them to restart my 1.5 mb service.
It seemed to me that by craming people into the slower service they could get more revenue. For example, my 1.5 mb service costs $29.95, the slower 750 kb (and it really is slow) is $17.95 to %21.95. They can have twice the number of people at the slower rate and increase their revenues by roughly 10-30%.
]]>Verizon's customer service (help line) is the reason that I no longer have DSL with them (changed to satellite Internet) and plan to dump the landlines in the next year.
]]>Wow, the system eats pointy braces & everything in them!
What I said in them was,
{Just a happy customer for 10 + years}
@jokono: I'll trade you a handful of ellipses for some booyas. Think about it... It's a pretty good deal ... some of the ellipses are aposiopesis...
]]>$44 a month DSL FTL!!
]]>A DS3 is not 3Gbps, it's 44Mbps.
]]>After I tried calling again and went though the same experience, I decided that Verizon didn't want my business.
]]>I was on Verizon Voicewing which is there VOIP service. I got a letter a few weeks ago they are killing that business. I think they are creating their own problems.
]]>Agreed, not really seeing the big deal here...
]]>I'll bet whoever they hired to do their creative work had some really f-ed up typo between the box ad and the tower ad. They're basically two seperate gif images made in photshop, and the media agencies usually create them for Verizon then disseminate them to the websites they buy space on. In any case the agency f-ed up because they either made a typo, or if verizon is playing pricing they sent the wrong ad to the wrong site.
]]>Verizon media spokesman here, and providing a link to a national announcement that describes our lifetime-guarantee price for our DSL-based Internet service. Up to 1 mbps is $17.99 per month for a two-year commmittment; up to 3 mbps is $27.99 for the same term; and up to 7.1 mbps is $37.99 for the same term. -- Bill Kula
]]>Bingo. A T1's true strength isn't its speed anymore. It's the ability to have up to 23 dedicated channels (remember, kids: one channel is for "call setup" data!). This is beneficial to businesses or schools with traditional phone service and multiple inbound and outbound line needs.
]]>@Nighthawke: A DS3 is the equivalent of a T3 or 45 MBps.
On 2K my guess is he is offering a fractional DS3 at about 20 MBps (still pretty darn good for a business, terrible for a consumer). The pricing sounds similar to our vendor...
@Sheila it is a monthly fee, useful connections if you need high speed uploads since a T1 is 1.5 MBps up and down. For a consumer DSL/Cable is usually better since you tend to download far more than upload (DSL and Cable tend to have higher download rates but far lower upload rates)
]]>The piddling yet sufficient 90 kilobytes per second download speed for $20, and the 4x the speed for like $10 more.
]]>A broker from broadband.com keeps pestering me with rates on T1's, both hybrid (voice/data)for 500 and straight data for 395. He also put a DS3 offer of 2K/mo, that's 3 GBPs up AND down! If you want unmolested service, going commercial is the way go to these days.
]]>They are right that $17.99 is the "Better value", though, whereas $27.99 is just "More value" -- than something.
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