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My Venthole Rant for Tonight: AT&T, Shut It.
If you follow TV advertising, you’ve noticed that there is an all-out ad war between wireless telephone providers AT&T and Verizon Wireless. (Full Disclosure: vcthree has no dog in this war, but is a happy Verizon subscriber, and thanks Big Red Telco for providing HD channels, cell phone, internet, and new netbook. In return, if elected to public office…okay, ahem...better stop there.)
Verizon Wireless took direct shots at AT&T featuring coverage maps (stating that Verizon had a larger 3G Wireless Network than AT&T does), and Apple’s iPhone with its new Droid smartphones, provided by HTC and Motorola (touting Droid's open-source technology via the Evil Google Overlords).
Apple, being a smart company, didn’t enter the fray directly. Because everybody has their shit from Apple. Except me, iPod Touch. AT&T, getting punched in the face, first sued Verizon over the 3G claim (and so did Verizon to AT&T--and both dropped their claims, because they were really stupid), then instantly rolled out a new ad campaign featuring “megastar” Luke Wilson, saying that AT&T does too cover all of America. In those ads, they also state that you can talk on the phone while browsing the web on the same phone at the same time. That’s a good selling point…
…that AT&T just withdrew, because now they’re asking their customers not to use so much wireless data.
Idiots.
First off, you respond to a direct attack with ads featuring a whiny, not funny Luke Wilson, who comes off like an asshole. I hate, hate, hate, hate, and HATE those ads. I would hate those ads even if I were still a Sprint customer. Then you tout this grand ability to talk and browse and fiddle at the same time on the iPhone…and now you’re not only asking your customers not to do that so much, but that you might adjust the prices to address the usage of the product you sold to them?
(Not like the Droid is any better on price, because Verizon literally drains money out of your wallet for even tethering the damn thing. But I respect them for being upfront about it...unlike AT&T. "Here, buy this phone that does a billion things and drains our bandwidth, but...not too much, or we'll have to charge!)
I have a suggestion: either quit selling the damn iPhone—because, let’s face it, that’s the real bandwidth killer, what with a trillion apps or more for everything from finding a bathroom in the middle of nowhere, to writing GBCW diaries and posting rantish comments on DKOS.
On the other hand, you could allow Apple to exit its exclusivity deal and make the phone available to other platforms, so they can kill their bandwidth, too, and you’ll all get rich, when you tier bandwidth—which is the scheme behind all this in the first place; it’s exactly what you want to do, AT&T.
Good luck with that, SBC/BellSouth.
Now, I'll shut up. And get to the meat of this diary: the...wait, I've been handed a note...Craig highlights will not be seen tonight, because the show was taken over by Wavy the Alligator/Crocodile Puppet.
Okay. Wavy highlights, then.
The intro, certainly inspired by rfall...except cleaned up for network standards.
Wavy Rancheros officially takes over as host...anyone notify CBS?
The musical talent was a puppet, too.
And, finally, the Jason Schwartzman interview...because Warner Music hates America, and took out the audio track on the final segment. Assholes.