Month: April 2018

  • CenturyLink Marketing Promo’s

    While a customer of CenturyLink I started to realize they enjoy wasting money on marketing materials.  I began collecting the materials, so here’s a compilation similar to my previous Election 2016 Political Ads posting. I’m no longer a CenturyLink customer and the marketing materials seem to have stopped. I want to clear some space so it’s time for the results.

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    66 large flyers promoting Prism TV service.

    I thought it would be interesting to compare the pricing and services offered across the different marketing materials.  (Preferred plans included Showtime and Starz)

    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 150+
    HD Channels: 100+
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: Included
    Monthly Price: $70
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    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 150+
    HD Channels: 100+
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: Included
    Monthly Price: $62

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    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 150+
    HD Channels: 100+
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month
    Monthly Price: $40

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    Service Name: Preferred
    Channels: 300+
    HD Channels: Tons (unspecified additional monthly fee)
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month
    Monthly Price: $55

    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 140+
    HD Channels: Doesn’t say it includes any or is available for upgrade
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month
    Monthly Price: $40

    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 140+
    HD Channels: Doesn’t say it includes any or is available for upgrade
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month
    Monthly Price: $40

    Service Name: Preferred
    Channels: 290+
    HD Channels: Free HD for 12 months
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR:  Free for 1 year, $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month after
    Monthly Price: Doesn’t say, but you get a $200 gift card

    Service Name: Essential
    Channels: 140+
    HD Channels: 210+
    Set Top Box: 9.99 per month
    Whole-Home DVR: $9.99 / $11.99 HD per month
    Monthly Price: $49.99 and you get a $50 gift card

    2 large flyers promoting Smart Home service.

    7 large flyers promoting high speed internet service (10mbps for $20 a month)

    12 letters promoting auto bill pay.

    9 letters offering a free account review.

    2 letters promoting Smart Home service.