Microsoft CEO can't get broadband in Seattle

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Sep 24, 2002 8:47 AM PT

Ballmer: I can't get broadband. I can't get cable or DSL to my house," Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told an audience of Microsoft professionals in London on Monday. "I live in an affluent neighbourhood, six minutes from downtown Seattle, and I can't get it."

One might have thought that someone of Ballmer's stature could afford a leased line on his expense account, or buy a small telco to provide coverage, but Ballmer said he has been personally begging the heads of AT&T and Qwest to no avail. In the meantime, he said his wife wants a wireless LAN in the home, and he won't do that until the house has broadband. --Peter Judge, ZDNet UK

 

Funny.