Comments on: Germans “Hacked” the Fonera Promise, But We Love It!

By: kung-foo

kung-foo — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0000

you would never expect such kindness from another commercial global player. your posting is much appreciated.

cheers,

nimrod

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:45:03 +0000

Martin, of course your are right that not all Swiss speak german, but those who do (63% / 4’710’000 )could ‘feel bad if they saw the web site in German promoting an offer that they could not get’…

Your arguments are weak!

By: BloggingTom

BloggingTom — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:20:58 +0000

You’re right Martin, Switzerland with its 4 languages is a bit complicated But anyway, i’m already running a 5 euro Fon router here at home, i was just wondering, why we don’t count as a german speaking country…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:37:03 +0000

“With Austria, since Austrians speak German, we felt that they would feel bad if they saw the web site in German promoting an offer that they could not get, so we brought them along for the ride.”

Yep. I know an Austrian that took the germans along for a ride.

I do speak German. I read German websites, and see promotions I can’t get.

Great arguments.

By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:54:59 +0000

Sorry Tom, but this is only partly true in Switzerland. And the routers are only 5 euros for Switzerland, a heavily subsidized price anyway.

By: Matthaus

Matthaus — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:05:22 +0000

Well,

“Ja, Ich will” means “Yes, I want”, not “Yes, I will”…

But we understand what you mean

By: euronerd

euronerd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:35:34 +0000

So to Germans you do keep your promises.
Interesting.

Just as a note: ” “Ja ich will” (yes I will) “,
I’m not a German, but I do know that to want something is NOT the same as to promise something.

Somehow it feels you are describing Fon’s problem.

By: BloggingTom

BloggingTom — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:04:02 +0000

With Austria, since Austrians speak German, we felt that they would feel bad if they saw the web site in German promoting an offer that they could not get [...]

Well that does apply to Switzerland too, and i was wondering, why Switzerland was excluded