Earlier this month, Aaron Epstein spent $10,000 to shop for a billboard within the Wall Street Journal to inform AT&T’s CEO he wasn’t proud of his internet service — service that was limited to a paltry 3Mbps (via Ars Technica). Now, AT&T has him attached with a fiber connection, and he’s getting over 300 Mbps up and down. All it took was getting interviewed by Ars, the ad going viral on Twitter, and a Stephen Colbert mention.
In his ad, the North Hollywood, CA resident says he’s been an AT&T customer for 60 years (and backs it up with a @pacbell.net email address), and says he’s disappointed that the corporate isn’t maintaining with competitors when it involves his area’s internet. but fortnight later, AT&T techs had him attached , though the corporate says it had been a part of a planned rollout. That’s a press release which will belong within the “dubious” category.
