[RTC List] AT&T press release

[William Van Hefner]

I agree. This seems to be nothing other than a cheap PR pitch. I get
them every single day as an editor. AT&T regularly sends press releases
out in "bulk", where they claim to offer some great deal that is
specific to a particular region, only there are dozens and dozens of
different versions of the same story which only differ by the city,
state, region, etc. that they mention. If there was any expansion truly
worth mentioning, they would have mentioned it!

Meanwhile, don't count on being able to get DSL service anytime soon in
areas like Cutten, Humboldt Hill, large parts of Arcata and
McKinleyville, etc. Ironically enough, DSL isn't even available at
AT&T's own repair facility on Humboldt Hill, where most of their
employees work out of. I'm guessing that they can probably afford to
spring for a T1 at the office though. :-)

William Van Hefner
President
Vantek Communications, Inc.



On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:09:25 -0800
Michael Welch <mwelch at redwoodalliance.org> wrote:

> Hi folks. I think the reason you have not read about it is that it is
> not really news, just marketing. Unless I missed it in my quick
> reading, the only "expansion" is pricing and product announcement.
> 
> Further, the intent of the headline appears designed to lead an
> editor to believe that there might be something newsworthy. They
> might print it if they didn't read the whole thing. This news release
> is merely an attempt at getting free publicity through a misleading
> headline.
> 
> Pretty slimy. But, after all, what else should we expect from Ma
> Bell? (Anyone else remember that old moniker?)
> 
> Tina Nerat wrote at 09:27 AM 11/22/2006:
>  
> I haven’t seen anything in the news locally (though I could have
> missed it), so I thought I’d pass this on. Got it yesterday from AT&T
> educational rep. Tina For more information, contact:
> Name: Brooke Fornaciari
> Office: (916) 492-5321
> E-Mail: fornacib at fleishman.com
>  
> AT&T ANNOUNCES EXPANDED AVAILABILITY OF HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
> SERVICES IN EUREKA
> 
> 
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> Redwood Alliance
> PO Box 293
> Arcata, CA 95518
> 707-822-7884
> mwelch at redwoodalliance.org
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