Re: Broadband truth in advertising, redux

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Abe Singer <abe () oyvay nu>
Date: February 7, 2010 6:23:35 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Broadband truth in advertising, redux

Dr. Farber,

For IP if you like,

In recard to Rik Forno's posting below:

But *is* it really legal to say 50Gb and deliver less?  Years ago
when I was consulting, one my customers told me of having had leased
two T1 data lines from the local phone company, but after two years
of bad performance, the customer was able to demonstrate that the
telco didn't have the capability of *ever* delivering the full bandwith
of dual T1s, the telco actually had to refund their money.

The tough part is in coming up with the proof, but I suspect that a
reasonably savvy state's attorney general could make a good case
for misleading advertising if the provider never or rarely provides
the advertised bandwidth.


On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 11:35:42AM -0500, Dave Farber wrote:
> > From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> >
> > This is just the latest marketing scam for the wireless and  
> > broadband providers.....after all,  it's perfectly legal to say "up  
> > to 50GB speeds"  in big bold blinking letters but only deliver 15GB  
> > regularly, with periodic bursts to 40GB.   But that is deemed  
> > 'truth' in advertising.    Gotta love the lawyers.




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