Consider the Phone Company for Tech Help

Land-line phone companies are wading into the tech-support business, seeing it as a way to hold onto customers while developing a new revenue stream. The Wall Street Journal reports.

"Land-line phone companies across the country are wading into the tech-support business, seeing it as a way to hold onto customers while developing a new revenue stream. As they have gotten deeper into selling Internet services, as part of bundled packages with TV and voice, technicians are often already in the house installing routers and other devices, making tech support a natural add-on."

emily | 7:58 AM | News, Buzz |
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