Don’t make ma mad …ever!

By Om Malik | Saturday, August 7, 2004 | 11:44 AM PT | 0 comments |

All of us know what happens when you push “mom” to the very edge. A smackdown is in the order, and not to mention the guilt tripping. Anyway this is true in life and now in telecom. The original “Ma Bell” which is AT&T is pretty hopping mad at “AT&T Wireless” for its lousy service. Ma says they ruining its good name. I agree – after all that is all that’s left at AT&T now. Jon over at MobileTracker notes that the slow service violates AT&T Wireless deal and may have violated its brand licensing contract with AT&Taccording to an SEC filing made by AT&T. The filing claims that AT&T Wireless takes too long responding to customer service inquiries.

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