Publicité mensongère / Deceptive Ads in France

Thursday July 19th 2007, 5:00 am
Filed under: advertising & marketing,daily life,games/software/tech,tv and movies

^{D’ou vous voulez – dans le limite des zones couvertes par les reseaux 3G/3G+ de SFR - Anywhere you want – within the zones covered by SFR’s network 3G/3G+}

I’m not gonna lie: I hate this TV commercial. It says that with the SFR 3G+ service and USB key, you have access to the internet “anywhere you want.” Then in small print, it says, “in zones covered by SFR” (the internet provider). SFR is not covered everywhere in France. Then. That’s NOT getting internet access anywhere you want, is it??!

What if I want internet access between Paris and Dijon, 300 kilometers (nearly 200 miles) with my very handy, cool SFR USB key? That’s where I want it, SFR! You said anywhere I want. Will I get it? No. Once outside the city limits there’s no access whatsoever.

STOP LYING!

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what is the point of having internet service anywhere if it isn’t where you are or where you need it?! you tell ‘um!

Comment by Kat 07.19.07 @ 5:05 am

“Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
You had to hide away
For so long where did we go wrong.”

Think we got the answer now^^

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/eternalsunshineofthespotlessmind/mrbluesky.htm
the lyrics of that song

Comment by Ewj 07.19.07 @ 10:16 am

Sigh. Reminds me of the time when I had France Telecom which never worked FOR 4 MONTHS. Every month I got the same story “OH there is a huge outage. Sorry” Then they would shrug their shoulders….

There are so many things good about France…. but not France Telecom….

Comment by jooree 07.20.07 @ 12:07 am

my sweetie calls them ‘france telecomique’

Comment by ptinfrance 07.20.07 @ 1:36 am

If you really want WiFi wherever you go, download WiFi Radar from: http://www.makayama.com/easywifiradar.html
Oh, and it’s free!

Comment by Bob 07.23.07 @ 5:56 pm

that won’t work for us since we have macs but thanks for the tip! (maybe other people can check that out)

Comment by ptinfrance 07.24.07 @ 1:50 am

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