eWeek: Verizon's the Dumb One

Carol Ellison's recent eWeek column covers the idiotic comments made by Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg to the San Francisco Chronicle. He calls municipal Wi-Fi a "dumb" idea, but saves his really choice complaints for Verizon's own customers:
He told the Chronicle editors that consumers have "unrealistic expectations about a wireless service working everywhere. Why in the world would you think your [cell] phone would work in your house? The customer has come to expect so much. They want it to work in the elevator; they want it to work in the basement."
Umm, the reason I got the idea that my cell phone would work in an elevator is the Verizon commercial I saw last night featuring a man talking on his cell phone in an elevator!
By Chris on April 20, 2005 10:58 AM |