In Wake Of Recent Ad Blitz, Man Seeks Restraining Order Against AT&T
Calling the company “psycho” and “totally obsessed with me,”
“AT&T is behaving like a crazy ex-girlfriend who works for a telemarketer. I used to have cable at home, so it makes sense they’d send a flyer there. But how did they know I had a P.O. Box? One day they had a tent set up outside my building, some hot chick and a couple dorks in suits were there passing out free magnets trying to sign people up.”
Janine Portion, who works for Citizens for Fair Trade, says that AT&T’s recent mergers with SBC and Cingular are signs of a recent trend taking industry back to monopolization. “The big companies may have lost the battle of total control when it comes to the content of the internet, but by unifying at the top end, these companies will control the ‘roads’ bloggers and e-companies use to reach their audiences and customers. This a very chilling development.”
While waiting in the courthouse to make his case against AT&T, Thomas relates a recent experience with the company that still haunts him. “I had ignored all of their mailers and the tent, so one night the phone rings and the lady on the other end called to ask if I knew about the great new things they were doing over at AT&T. I said, ‘Hard as it is to believe, I’m just not interested in your amazing service.’ She just laughed.”
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