Within the writing, Aaron Epstein claims that the Web velocity supplied by the corporate within the space the place he lives is 3 Mbps whereas somewhere else it’s 100 Mbps.
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How indignant should you be to pay for a newspaper submit and place your criticism in it? A 90-year-old American addressed AT&T, a telecommunications firm, by means of The Wall Road Journal printed in its Manhattan and Dallas editions. The person paid $ 10,000 (roughly 201,344 Mexican pesos) for the commercial, in line with ars Technica .
Within the letter, Aaron Epstein claims that the Web velocity supplied by the corporate within the space the place he lives is 3 Mbps whereas somewhere else it’s 100 Mbps. He additionally states that the corporate’s opponents supply speeds of greater than 200 Mbps.
“Why is AT&T, a number one communications firm, treating us so badly in North Hollywood?” The letter learn.
Epstein addressed John Stankey, govt director of the corporate, and stated that in an space the place creatives and technicians who work for movie studios reminiscent of Common, Warner Brothers and Disney reside, the inhabitants have to be updated with present applied sciences and a quick Web .
“We have to sustain with present know-how and we now have turned to AT&T to supply us with quick Web service,” wrote the person who stands out as a buyer of the corporate since 1960 in his letter.
I imply how upset one have to be, over gradual residence web speeds, to pay for a private quarter-page nationwide advert in print @WSJ pic.twitter.com/Zk9umKD0t1
– Raju Narisetti (@raju) February 3, 2021
In keeping with ars Technica , AT&T continues to make use of DSL (digital subscriber line) service as a substitute of fiber optic service that gives larger velocity within the residential space the place Epstein lives.
