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A 90-year-old California man took out two ads in the Wall Street Journal, which set him back approximately $10,000, to let AT&T’s CEO know about his abysmal internet service speed.
It may seem like an extreme measure to some, but Aaron M. Epstein, 90, has been a customer of AT&T since the 1960s. Epstein claims that as AT&T has evolved throughout the years, the communications company is still lagging behind when it comes to faster internet services.
The longtime customer said that for the past 20 years he didn’t have any complaints, but starting five years ago, when streaming became widely available, the quality and speed of his AT&T service was more than subpar.
"For the last five years, as soon as they started introducing streaming like Roku and movies on TV, my internet service, although I was paying for 3.5 Mbps., sometimes was only up to 1.5 Mbps. So, watching a movie through Roku was slideshows," Epstein said.
Epstein, who lives in North Hollywood, said he decided to purchase both ads because he had been hounding the company about the estimated time of arrival for their fiber optics, which was heavily advertised in previous months.
While the company remained polite and "courteous," according to Epstein, the upgraded services did not seem to be coming to his area anytime soon, so he decided to make a last-ditch effort to not only bring faster internet options to himself, but to his community as well.
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It may seem like an extreme measure to some, but Aaron M. Epstein, 90, has been a customer of AT&T since the 1960s. Epstein claims that as AT&T has evolved throughout the years, the communications company is still lagging behind when it comes to faster internet services.
The longtime customer said that for the past 20 years he didn’t have any complaints, but starting five years ago, when streaming became widely available, the quality and speed of his AT&T service was more than subpar.
"For the last five years, as soon as they started introducing streaming like Roku and movies on TV, my internet service, although I was paying for 3.5 Mbps., sometimes was only up to 1.5 Mbps. So, watching a movie through Roku was slideshows," Epstein said.
Epstein, who lives in North Hollywood, said he decided to purchase both ads because he had been hounding the company about the estimated time of arrival for their fiber optics, which was heavily advertised in previous months.
While the company remained polite and "courteous," according to Epstein, the upgraded services did not seem to be coming to his area anytime soon, so he decided to make a last-ditch effort to not only bring faster internet options to himself, but to his community as well.
90-year-old man spends $10,000 on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about his slow internet service
A 90-year-old California man took out two ads in the Wall Street Journal, which set him back over $10,000, to let AT&T’s CEO know about his abysmal internet service speed.
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