# Let's make a list of computer/technology firms that make a lot of national commercial
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 25, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470 "2005-05-25T18:56:24Z")
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/1 "2005-05-25T18:56:24Z")
I’ll start. Let’s not include video games or cars or that kind of technology, just computers and business and telephone stuff.
IBM
Dell
Gateway
Philipps Magnavox
(Radio Shack)
Siemens
AT/T
Compaq
Pentium
Microsoft
Sprint
Verizon
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/2 "2005-05-26T01:35:38Z")
I should have explained that the reason is b/c I feel like I heard [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317339] ‘the mind-boggling movie quote’ on a computer or other tech commercial years and years ago. One guy way back when this thing got started sent a letter to IBM asking about their commercials, and they said no. Now it’s my turn to do my part. 😉
RSVP
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/3 "2005-05-26T01:44:41Z")
HP/Compaq
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/4 "2005-05-26T01:56:33Z")
The link is [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317339)
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/5 "2005-05-26T22:50:21Z")
Can we list more? I want to be thorough…
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/6 "2005-05-27T13:40:11Z")
Now the phones:
Sprint
Verizon
AT/T Bell Atlantic same thing?
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/7 "2005-05-27T13:41:29Z")
All of which I’d already listed :smack:
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/8 "2005-05-27T13:46:42Z")
Intel
Hewlett-Packard
Apple
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/9 "2005-05-27T13:47:51Z")
Alltel
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/10 "2005-05-27T15:13:36Z")
I haven’t seen any of late, but Yahoo! had commercials. You know, with the dolphin?
“Ya-hoooooooooooooooooOOOooo”
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/11 "2005-06-01T05:27:46Z")
Nextel
Cox Communications
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-computer-technology-firms-that-make-a-lot-of-national-commercial/305470/12 "2005-06-03T02:29:16Z")
IBM
Dell
Gateway
Philipps Magnavox
Radio Shack
Siemens
AT/T
Compaq
Pentium
Microsoft
Sprint
Verizon
HP
Intel
Apple
Alltel
Yahoo!
Nextel
Cox Communications
**Is this all? The letters go out Saturday.**