BrianDamage
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Re: Blowing smoke
With an advertising campaign championed by four time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Comcast has set its sights on being liked by America. As the ads state: "You can't just tell people you're committed. You can't simply talk about strength. You have to prove it."
Exactly right. The RBOCs should heed this advice. Oklahoma is their chance.
Anyway, cable will remain a viable alternative to all other services provided that it is the easiest to get.
Soon, DirectTv will be owned by SBC, and I for one, will probably ditch it when that happens, because I don't want SBC getting a red cent from me.
If it comes down to Comcast or SBC, I will choose Comcast. At least they seem to be trying to appeal to consumers, which is more than I can say about the RBOCs.
SBC's current campaign with Tommy Lee Jones goes something like this:
"Our lines, our network. SBC."
Arrogance or customer appeal? You decide.
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI | quote:
SBC's current campaign with Tommy Lee Jones goes something like this:
"Our lines, our network. SBC."
Arrogance or customer appeal? You decide.
I take it as a threat, personally. |
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VWSpeedRacer
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Does he say it in a black suit and shades and touting a large, threatening, MIB issue weapon?
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BrianDamage
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| I don't know. All you hear is his voice.
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV.
The gist of it was (with Tommy Lee Jones again), that if current regulatory reforms "go through" that SBC would be relieved of maintaining all the networks which they currently maintain.
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
Has anyone else seen this?
How much more deceptive could that advertising be?
Talk about trying to brainwash people.
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cableblows3
join:2001-06-17
Indianapolis, IN
|  said by BrianDamage  :
I don't know. All you hear is his voice.
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV.
The gist of it was (with Tommy Lee Jones again), that if current regulatory reforms "go through" that SBC would be relieved of maintaining all the networks which they currently maintain.
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
Has anyone else seen this?
How much more deceptive could that advertising be?
Talk about trying to brainwash people.
yeah, same thing here, and well gosh dog it, i like tommy,
he should think on who he sells his voice to! |
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loincloth
join:2001-03-29
Danville, CA
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said by BrianDamage :
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV...
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
I was intrigued when I first saw this commercial. It *is* a top-notch ad in terms of the quality of production: the stunning display of stark visuals; the ominous voice-over.
In terms of its' message... I detest their use of thinly veiled threats and scare tactics. Their use of the word "competitor" as if it were something contemptuous reminds me of how conservatives have managed to make the term "liberal" into a derogatory label, a political kiss of death. The ad portrays the after-math of unabated competition and line-sharing as if it were akin to a post-war or terrorist attack infrastructure (opportunistically preying on the avg Americans post 9/11 fears). Another analogy: the homogenous suburban homeowners who warn that ethnic integration and equal housing opportunities for minorities is a slippery slope to neighborhood and property value deterioration.
I'm waiting for a commercial that evokes fear by comparing the results of line-sharing to the disastrous short-term outcome of the deregulation of energy distibution in California. Of course, it will come with the requisite portrayal of some *other* phantom corporation lurking with evil intent in the shadows, a la Enron, just waiting for the opportunity to pounce on the unsuspecting consumer.
This type of corporate behavior embodies the old adage that "Money is the root of all evil." |
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BrianDamage
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| In terms of its' message... I detest their use of thinly veiled threats and scare tactics. Their use of the word "competitor" as if it were something contemptuous reminds me of how conservatives have managed to make the term "liberal" into a derogatory label, a political kiss of death. The ad portrays the after-math of unabated competition and line-sharing as if it were akin to a post-war or terrorist attack infrastructure (opportunistically preying on the avg Americans post 9/11 fears). Another analogy: the homogenous suburban homeowners who warn that ethnic integration and equal housing opportunities for minorities is a slippery slope to neighborhood and property value deterioration.
Well put.
That commercial was just plain deceiving.
Yeah, I noticed the overtones that they put to it, and that's what I was pointing out.
Pure brainwashing, intent on scaring consumers into submission.
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