Suck It, Time Warner
I hate Time Warner, and I can't wait for Verizon to get FiOS TV to my house (we're wired, but Verizon doesn't have TV rights here yet), so I consistently lose my shit at the TV when I see the Time Warner ad that mocks the FiOS ads and claims that "Time Warner has been using fiber for decades." It's true, they have been. IN THE DAMN BACKBONE! Everybody has been running fiber backbones for years, but they obviously imply that their service is fiber just like FiOS, even though you can't get TW fiber directly to your houses. It's a blatant attempt to mislead customers who don't understand IT infrastructure (read: almost everyone), and for weeks I've been saying that if Verizon doesn't sue them for it, some sort of consumer protection group should. Well, I just noticed on Engadget that Verizon finally threw down the gauntlet. I can't say I exactly love Verizon as a company, either, but I hope they take Time Warner to the cleaners.
posted by SomeJerk at 2:48 PM
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Verizon is making a good effort to be huge jerks anymore. Their biggest case is opening up their cell network for almost every device.
Yea that was a pretty cool thing to hear. I've still kind of got my fingers crossed until the lab is up and running and some outside devices actually get certified, but the amount of money that lab is gonna cost to build makes think they aren't gonna immediately make it useless.
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