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AT&T's 1993 “You Will” ads were remarkably accurate
- PaulHoule 11y agoSeems like this is right for a parody: Every had your credit cards stolen by a hacker from Siberia? Ever pay a phone bill that was bigger than a car payment? Ever talk on a phone on which you couldn't hear what people were saying? YOU WILL.
- api 11y ago"You will," but we won't build it because we can't bring ourselves to cannibalize existing long distance and toll based business models nor allow permission-free innovation within our organization. -AT&T
- ascorbic 11y agoIt's funny how they manage to get so much so right, but for some reason think we'll still be using faxes and phonebooths. It's not like mobile phones didn't exist then. More understandable is not predicting that it wouldn't be them delivering it.
- DerekL 11y agoWe still do use faxes and pay phones, but now they are less popular than email, mobile phones, etc.