A man from North Hollywood, 90, shames AT&T in upgrading its internet by removing newspaper ads

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) – A 90-year-old man from North Hollywood was so annoyed by the slow Internet in his home that he ran two newspaper ads to shame the AT&T CEO for fixing it.

And it worked.

Aaron Epstein paid $ 10,000 for the ads in the Wall Street Journal and accused AT&T of short-changing residents needing fast Internet service.

A day later, soldiers arrived at Epstein’s door.

“At noon I eat my lunch, the front doorbell rings,” Epstein recalled. “There are two men in AT&T uniforms with boots where you climb poles. Say we’re here to install the fiber optic line behind your house. ‘

“I thought so, bingo.”

Much to his delight, Epstein’s home now has AT&T fiber-optic services with blazing-fast internet speeds less than a week later.

AT&T said in a statement, “Earlier this week, we completed our planned expansion of AT&T Fiber near this customer, and we were delighted to give him the upgrade he wanted.”