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Los Angeles man, 90, spends $10,000 to take out two newspaper ads telling AT&T CEO that his internet service is too slow - and he receives a call from the company's executive office straight away
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- Aaron Epstein, 90, has been struggling with slow AT&T internet at his home in North Hollywood
- The frustrated senior citizen - who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 - decided to take out two newspaper ads alerting the company's CEO
- Epstein spent $10,000 for the advertisements to run in separate editions of The Wall Street Journal
- Epstein's expensive gambit paid off, and he received a call from the company the same day the ads ran
- He says he is prepared to stop being an AT&T customer after 61 years if the telecommunications giant does not improve their internet speeds

LA man, 90, takes out two ads telling AT&T his internet is too slow
Aaron Epstein, of North Hollywood, paid for the ads to be featured in two separate editions of The Wall Street Journal on February 3.