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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    11/19/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    Verizon- 2
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    And now ladies and gentlemen...

    AT&Ts response... WEAK.
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    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™:
    <actually liked it
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    Image of shiben589 shiben589
    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: oh...oh no. AT&T's been riding its iPhone fueled fantasy train for too long, and its starting to stutter. Come on AT&T, Verizon's giving the iPhone the most major competition its had in a while and your response is THIS?

    (btw, the letter V is cool.)
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    Image of genkainashi genkainashi
    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: Ahahaha, thats hilarious. Yet they're so vague. Nation's fastest 3g network... hmm yeah my ass. When you can access it maybe. Otherwise it's slower than most.
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    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: haha i was just about to post that video too.

    its soo utterly terrible, and Luke should be ashamed of himself to star in that ad
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    Image of Jonesy555 Jonesy555
    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: Wait a minute....talk and surf at the same time? I could have sworn I did this on my Droid the first day that I got it? So shouldn't he check both of them?
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    Image of Elliuotatar Elliuotatar
    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: Fastest 3G network by what measure? And how much faster? Verizon's map gives us clear data. This commercial tells us nothing.

    Also, yeah AT&T you have the most popular smart phone. But you also charge so much for the service that I went to great lengths to hack the phone and switch to T-Mobile. What does that say about your service?
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/18/09

    @Elliuotatar: Yeah, if you notice AT&T stays away from naming Verizon directly and they use the vague term "better 3G experience". No maps, no figures, no illustrations. Maybe they'll really take a swing when they regroup!

    @Jonesy555: Yeah, I think you can only access the web and talk simultaneously when you're on WiFi with the Droid. So I don't think the second "fact" is entirely true. that's the case on my Droid atleast.
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    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: Yes. I came here right after I saw this.

    I'm going to keep a bag of popcorn near the TV just for the Verizon response commercial.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    "most people who are watching TV are semi-catatonic"

    1) Is the judge an expert on this?
    2) Does that give content producers the right to lie/libel/slander? What about present lewd material contrary to FCC regulations? Will people let it go because they are "semi-catatonic"?

    Even if the maps are not misleading (doubtful), that quote is inexcusable and looks like evidence of judicial misconduct at least in the context presented.

    Don't get me wrong, I think AT&T needs to get off their asses and get competitive with Verizon, but that's bullshit.
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    11/19/09

    @blash: so you don't like the language the judge used by you still agree with the statement he makes with it.

    The maps are not misleading because they are properly labeled and from at&t. the maps data wasn't made up by verizon neither did they say the maps were at&t's voice coverage.

    Also, judicial misconduct in this case would involve taking a bribe.
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    11/19/09

    @Bs Baldwin: My point being that judges are supposed to be impartial. There's a difference between quoting someone and laying your own pre-conceptions on the subject matter into the ruling. Saying that there's no need to verify the claims of a television commercial since TV watchers are semi-catatonic is akin to saying there's no need to listen to date rape drug victims because they were unconscious when it happened and they didn't live through (and have to remember) the horror. If an expert was brought forth to testify to that effect and the judge was merely quoting the witness, that's an entirely different matter.

    And can someone link me to an ATT 3G coverage map from ATT's site that looks like that? Because I couldn't find one. The "Data" map is much more extensive but that's probably just EDGE service, and looking at the Mobile TV map there's some stuff missing from the one in the commercial.
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    11/19/09

    @blash:
    no it would be the same as trying to make a decision for the pepsi challenge commercials. judge don't make jokes in real trials and their opinions are only in disgust because lawyers can try to get convictions overturned.

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    the blue is 3g

    this is a high res of that map

    [www.xti9.com]

    #tips
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    Image of antpwny antpwny
    11/19/09

    @blash: Your whole point is invalid by comparing the semi-catatonic state to date rape.
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    11/19/09

    @antpwny: What, is date rape a corollary of Godwin's Law now? Why would you think it invalidates my point?
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, Ms. Golijan! The part in the story I don't like is that AT&T gave up after an hour. They didn't put posters up or anything, they just sat on the porch like goons and waited. That company's gotta think: 'You got a phone. You got a responsibility.' If your phone gets schooled, you don't bitch and file suit then call it quits; you get your ass out there and you fight that fuckin' Verizon!
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    Batten, you insensitive jerk. I'll have you know that I am fully-catatonic when watching television!
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    Sounds like AT&T was wishing for the 52'' flatscreen LCD TV with surround sound, a PS3, XBox 360, and home media center and instead were given a dead zone.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    So does this mean that there's going to be an ad stating that a judge agrees with Verizon's claims?

    If so... wow.
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    11/18/09

    @DustyButt™: Why can all the verizon commercials continue? Because there is a judge for that...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/18/09

    In reply to Judge Tells AT&T to Stop Whining as the Verizon Ads Will Stay
    Followed by an ad featuring AT&T staff bludgeoning the shit out of people with iPhones, while people in the Verizon store are fed grapes and fanned with giant feathers while they text on their Motorola Droids.
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    11/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Verizon's next ad is going to feature a dog (representing Verizon) and a leg (representing AT&T). You can figure out the rest...
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Verizon to AT&T: "The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)"
    If only they could eat eachother. I have a Nokia itnrigue with evrsion and I am on my third model due to a persisten software glitch that renders the phone inoperable when verizon sends certain automated messages to it, and the problem will go from model to model.
    They refuse to evena cknowledge that the error is real when I walk up and show them mine, and cases of many other people. Been going on for over 2 months. #verizonatt
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Verizon to AT&T: "The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)"
    The powers at be at AT&T sat on their laurels (and our piles of cash) when we all gobbled up the iPhones with their mandatory data plans, and even paid $10 more PLUS separate messaging plans per month when the 3G came out, screwed their own employees over by making sure that - even as an exclusive wireless carrier, mind you - they had less than 5% available stock compared to their local Apple store counterpart, just so they didn't have to pay out commissions, and now they have the audacity to bitch when someone clearly shows them up? #verizonatt
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Verizon to AT&T: "The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)"
    I say we settle the whole matter with a game of Naked Twister. #verizonatt
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    11/17/09

    @Xagest: Be careful... Even if you're not playing you'll still get screwed. #verizonatt
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Verizon to AT&T: "The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)"
    I still think AT&T was stupid to bring up this suit - because even if they win the legal battle, they will loose the PR war badly. I don't know of a single person that enjoys AT&T's service. I have an iPhone and if the iPhone was on Verizon I would switch in a heart beat. AT&T should be lowering their rates and building out their network - not focusing on ridiculous legal battles. #verizonatt
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/16/09

    @vinod1978: There's one glaring, obvious flaw in your argument: it's entirely reasonable. It can therefore never happen in real life. #verizonatt
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    11/17/09

    @vinod1978: i actually love my at&t service. its pretty flawless except this one corner in a bar that i frequent. go figure. #verizonatt
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Verizon to AT&T: "The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)"
    A lawyer for AT & T was quoted as saying, "Does not!"

    When reached for comment, A Verizon Legal Team Member responded, "Does too, infinity!"

    A judge is expected to rule tomorrow on a motion filed by AT & T which contends that Verizon broke legal protocol by not issuing a "Double Dog" dare, and are also "Poopy-smelly-heads".
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    11/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked: +1 #verizonatt
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    Image of RevProtocol RevProtocol
    11/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked: In a comment to the press after the initial hearing, an AT&T attorney indicated that they would attempt to enter a plea with the court to reduce the ruling to "stupid-heads."
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/13/09

    In reply to Two Programmers Arrested For Roles In Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme
    I found their source code. Apparently, when the victims were doing transactions, it sometimes leaves fractions of pennies. Adding up all these fractions of pennies over several hundred thousand transactions per day could come out to a staggering number.

    However, they were simply stealing everything left of the decimal point. #bernardmadoffponzischeme
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars
    I like how billion is in italics, like it is a lot of money

    /smokes cigar made from hundred dollar bills and Megan Foxes pubes. #intelantitrust
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