I lost one city deal a few years ago because a new competitor came into the city council meeting the night I thought I would sign the deal and touted that his customers would get 54 Mbps for $24.99. My challenges went unheard, all the people wanted to hear was that he was faster and cost less than we did. I don't believe that company is still in business and I decided that I wasn't particularly fond of that market anyways.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Advertising At 9:36 AM -0500 10/22/07, Luke Pack wrote: >I have seen many advertisements be "sneaky". By this I mean they >give real information with the intent to mislead. I take an >approach of honesty in my service. If the customer doesn't >understand, I will take the time to explain what they are getting. >No sneaky phrases or anything. This make it hard to compete though. >I have a competitor with 2.4Ghz that says this in his add "you >connect at 54Mps which is MUCH faster than anyone else around here". >OK, we all know he is saying their connection to the tower. I >happen to know that their main Internet feed is 2 T1s. Now how >messed up is that? I could always launch a comeback with the "don't >be fooled by misleading information" campaign- but I'm still amazed >of the lengths that some will go. Yeah, the guy I mentioned backs his "12" mbps wireless with a dsl line at the POP. Chuck > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:27 PM >Subject: [WISPA] Advertising > >>Hi, >> >>This issue with ComCast and their p2p connection blocking brings up >>another issue I would like to discuss... false advertising. >> >>I have a competitor that is selling "up to 4meg down by 1meg up" >>for $34.95 with free installation and no contract. Another >>competitor is doing "up to 2meg" for $39.95... yet, when I >>purchased their service and did speed tests, the fastest I ever got >>was 500kbps. At what point is there a "false advertising" claim to >>be made against these companies that are advertising service that >>can NEVER been achieved at any time on their network? >> >>I would think if you did speed tests every hour, 24 hours per day >>for a week and never got within 90% of their claimed speed, there >>could be a case. The damages would be in customers that are >>switching from my service to theirs based on their advertising >>claims. Each customer should be worth at least 12x the monthly >>revenue based on current market values. >> >>Anyone else agree? 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