[PLUG] Qwest wifi

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Wed Oct 27 04:56:46 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Galen" == Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> writes:

Galen> I was going to send this directly to Russell Senior, but I
Galen> decided others might be interested in this as well.

Galen> Periodically I receive promotional material from Qwest that
Galen> states "Qwest High-Speed Internet customers receive free access
Galen> to the Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Hot Spot network, powered by AT&T
Galen> Wi-Fi."  Do you know if this works for people who use a third
Galen> party ISP such as Spiritone?  Obviously finding free wifi in
Galen> Portland isn't a problem, but this could be useful when
Galen> traveling to 'less enlightened' parts of the country.

I am pretty sure this is just qwest.net ISP customers.  But of course,
on the principal goals of advertising is to confuse and disorient
consumers, so it worded with maximum ambiguity.

It would be interesting to call them up to ask and hear what kind of
pitch you got, just from a "communications studies" point of view, and
it would have the side effect of resolving the ambiguity.


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