Verizon Fires Back at AT&T: “The Truth Hurts”

Source: Mashable




About a month ago, Verizon started running ads that mocked AT&T’s 3G coverage and, needless to say, AT&T didn’t take it well, responding with a lawsuit and a request to have the ads pulled immediately. Last week, they publicly called the ads “blatantly false and misleading.”

Now, Verizon’s responded, basically saying that AT&T doesn’t have a problem with them, but with the truth. From the court filing:

“AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s “There’s A Map For That” advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth hurts… AT&T now is attempting to silence Verizon’s ads that include maps graphically depicting the geographic reach of AT&T’s 3G network as compared to Verizon’s own 3G network because AT&T does not like the truthful picture painted by that comparison.”

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