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T-Mobile Slammed by Advertising Body For Mobile vs Fixed Broadband comparison

T-Mobile Slammed by Advertising Body For Mobile vs Fixed Broadband comparison

News Mobile & Telco

Mobile phone company T-Mobile has been criticised for saying that mobile broadband users could expect the same level of speed and quality of service as fixed line broadband. However, the advert drew a complaint from a technically-aware geek who said that the "ad misleadingly implied mobile broadband was of similar speed and quality to home broadband." T-mobile argued that the advert was highlighting the fact that whatever you can do with your fixed line broadband can...



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