{"id":347,"date":"2007-10-26T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgillin.com\/2007\/10\/blog-swarm-engulfing-att-how-will-it-respond.html"},"modified":"2007-10-26T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-26T18:30:00","slug":"blog-swarm-engulfing-att-how-will-it-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/blog-swarm-engulfing-att-how-will-it-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog swarm engulfing AT&T; how will it respond?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/o:p>A blog swarm is developing at this very moment over AT&T’s boneheaded decision to charge a California couple for a satellite dish<\/a> they failed to remove from their home as they were fleeing the wildfires in California<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. <\/span>Consumerist<\/a> picked up the story, and it’s been viewed more than 11,000 times at this writing. <\/span>There are already over 600 diggs<\/a>, just within the first couple of hours. <\/span>You can see the video from a local news station here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Consumerist visitors are already using the incident to tee off on the much-hated cable companies. <\/span>But that’s old news. <\/span>What will be interesting is to watch AT&T’s reaction as this hits the national media. <\/span>If it’s smart, AT&T will fall on its sword, apologize profusely and not only forgive the debt but set the couple up with a new satellite dish and maybe a couple years\u2019 worth of service to boot. <\/span>There’s no doubt people in AT&T PR are already aware of this story. <\/span>Are they scrambling to respond or are they frozen by approvals and indecision? <\/span>Keep an eye on Consumerist to see how this plays out.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Dianna Huff<\/a> for the tip.<\/p>\n

Update 10\/27\/07<\/span>: ZDNet blogger Russell Shaw posts a comment from a Dish Network spokeswoman<\/a> saying the whole thing is a mistake and the California couple won’t be charged for the dish. AT&T also responded to Consumerist.<\/a> It’ll be interesting to see if this story just goes away now. It’s up to over 1,900 diggs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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