{"id":577,"date":"2008-04-23T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=577"},"modified":"2008-04-23T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T10:07:00","slug":"aliants-geek-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Aliant&#8217;s geek squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/productsandservice.aliant.net\/PS\/nb\/english\/productsandservices\/ps_2.jsp?section=59&amp;subsection=7&amp;bodycont=productsandservices%2fonline_support.jsp&amp;curbody=59\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Aliant\" src=\"http:\/\/bell.aliant.ca\/images\/e\/Bell_Aliant_logo.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Last November, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliant.ca\/english\/news\/view_art.asp?id=1697\">Bell Aliant<\/a> launched a series of residential internet support services under the banner of Aliant Expert. The service was brought to my attention this morning by a reporter who was following up on it.<\/p>\n<p>When the service was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliant.ca\/english\/news\/view_art.asp?id=1697\">launched<\/a>, Aliant was the first telco in North America to offer such services. For many consumers, setting up home networks, connecting digital entertainment is a non-trivial task.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to makes sense for a telco to try to build upon or re-establish the trust relationship with its customers. These services leverage the fleet of service vehicles and human resources that communications companies have deployed throughout their service territory &#8211; a greater presence than any chain of electronics retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Will we see more carriers following Aliant&#8217;s example in the consumer space?<\/p>\n<p>The theme of <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomsummit.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/span><\/a>, taking place June 16-18, is <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Maintaining Relevance for the Customer<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Bell+Aliant\" rel=\"tag\">Bell Aliant<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last November, Bell Aliant launched a series of residential internet support services under the banner of Aliant Expert. 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For many &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=577\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aliant&#8217;s geek squad<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aliant&#039;s geek squad &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last November, Bell Aliant launched a series of residential internet support services under the banner of Aliant Expert. 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