It’s come down to a point where Verizon and AT&T are now squabbling like bitter lovers. After getting slapped with a lawsuit by its rival, which was then amended, Verizon has responded to AT&T in a court filing obtained by ZDnet which includes the following:
“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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And there’s this icing-on-the-cake statement:
“AT&T seeks emergency relief because Verizon’s side-by-side, apples-to-apples comparison of its own 3G coverage with AT&T’s confirms what the marketplace has been saying for months: AT&T failed to invest adequately in the necessary infrastructure to expand its 3G coverage to support its growth in smartphone business, and the usefulness of its service to smartphone users has suffered accordingly. AT&T may not like the message that the ads send, but this Court should reject its efforts to silence the messenger.”
If you’ve got time to kill, you can read the full court filing in PDF here.
Via Mashable
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