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AT&T Loses First Legal Battle Against Verizon

Posted by Soulskill on from the is-there-an-app-for-that dept.

FutureDomain writes "A federal judge in Atlanta has declined a restraining order from AT&T that would have prevented Verizon from running ads that compared their 3G coverage to AT&T's. AT&T felt that Verizon's ads 'mislead consumers into thinking that AT&T doesn't offer wireless service in large portions of the country, which is clearly not the case.' Verizon argued that the ads clearly indicated that the maps were only of 3G coverage, and that AT&T is only suing because it doesn't want to face the truth about its network."

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  1. Can you hear us now? by Rockoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you hear us now?
    Can you hear us now?
    Can you hear us now?

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    1. Re:Can you hear us now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Find the Colbert Report segment on the AT&T evolution. It is downright hillarious.

  2. Sue Me AT&T!! by happy_place · · Score: 1, Funny

    Okay this could get me sued, but here's a joke I just thought up... (yeah, it's lame) Q. What did the snakecharmer say to advertise his business? A. There's an asp for that. wah-wah-wah...

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    1. Re:Sue Me AT&T!! by snspdaarf · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't believe that joke has legs

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    2. Re:Sue Me AT&T!! by clintp · · Score: 4, Funny

      It doesn't scale either.

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  3. Re:AT&T is the laughing stock of the industry by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is going to go down in the book as one of the stupidest moves in business history.

    I am sure there's also a map for that!

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  4. My wish... by jonaskoelker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not having read anything about the case, and I know it can't happen, but just based on how ethical the slashdot comments make AT&T and Verizon appear to be...

    Ahem.

    I hope they both lose.

  5. AT&T vs Verizon by santax · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a bit like Goliath fighting Goliath. Where the hell is David?

  6. Re:Maps by genghisjahn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stephen King wrote about a Dead Zone is New England a long time ago. The guy was/is a visionary.

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  7. Re:Surprised? by AlamedaStone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can anyone explain this alphabet soup?

    I'll take a shot.

    1. Information wants to be free,
    2. Ads cost money, therefore
    3. Ads contain no information.

    I think that's the gist, anyway.

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