[RTC List] Re(4): AT&T press release

[Pam Olson]

Plus one nice thing to remember is that if AT&T is offering extended
coverage, that means Humboldt Internet now has the same capabilities.

Pam Olson




> Hopefully they will start going north onto Dows Prairie.  We're stuck
> with Suddenlink out here but I've been told they do have plans, although
> not yet a schedule.
>
> Dave Thewlis
>
> CrawfordCA at aol.com wrote:
>> Greetings fellow RTCers   ...
>>
>> AT&T (aka Ma Bell) merely suffers from bad press release writing  ...
>> this IS worthy news in that deployment of DSL has been dramatically
>> extended in the last 30 days to include many of the areas heretofore
>> unserviced (such as Humboldt Hill, Cutten, etc.), and the pricing is a
>> modest $15/month for basic service that is not a teaser rate or one
>> that requires long-term contracts.
>>
>> Again our local press is asleep at the switch and failed to cover what
>> I consider to be a major improvement in our local broadband deployment
>> efforts.
>>
>> The moral of the story is ... /all that appears slick is not
>> necessarily spam./
>>
>> Chris Crawford
>> www.justiceserved.com
>>
>> /(writing from SFO trying to return home from a business trip to New
>> Jersey on the busiest travel day of the year  ...  sheesh)/
>>
>>
>>
>> `````````````````````````````
>> In a message dated 11/22/2006 11:27:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>> postmaster at thedigest.com writes:
>>
>>> 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >- - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> >Michael Welch, volunteer
>>> >Redwood Alliance
>>> >PO Box 293
>>> >Arcata, CA 95518
>>> >707-822-7884
>>> >mwelch at redwoodalliance.org
>>> >www.redwoodalliance.org
>>
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