Prism Cold Call
I had a knock on the door the other day by a woman peddling Centurylink's digital services--I think they call it Prism. My initial reaction was to "say goodbye" and let her get on with her door-to-door marketing. But I invited her in and went into my den.
I told her that any interest I might have would be totally dependent on how fast their internet broadband service was. She brightly, quickly and enthusiastically told me, "...our speed is terrific--we get up to 10 mbps." I laughed and turned to my computer where I ran a speed test on my Comcast broadband service. Actually, I ran it twice and got the same results both times...download speeds in excess of 25 mbps, 2-1/2 times as fast as Prism.
The sales rep quickly and wisely got up, thanked me for my time, and said that there was no way they could match that speed.
Just something to consider for those of you considering DSL broadband service.
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Last edited by Villages Kahuna; 01-26-2013 at 01:49 PM.
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