[PLUG] Qwest wifi

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 09:56:46PM -0700, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "Galen" == Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> writes:
> 
> 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."  [snip]
> 
> 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.
 
I suspect it would increase the ambiguity as the script reading sales
bots read scripts with limited improvisation.

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