# Embarq dial tone banner ad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarq-dial-tone-banner-ad/363086>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarq-dial-tone-banner-ad/363086 "2006-07-03T20:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarq-dial-tone-banner-ad/363086/1 "2006-07-03T20:13:15Z")

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Yet another company I won’t be doing business with due to their extremely annoying ads. First Sprint gets one of those cool new misspelled company names, now they run Flash ad banners with a loud, jarring dial tone. Yes “Embarq”, you got my attention. Yes, you suck.