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TELUS uses hippo to boast about their big network

By on December 4, 2009 at 12:49pm in Mobile News, Telus Mobility News, Various News

With TELUS taking Rogers head on with their “reliability” claims nothing is stopping them from boasting about their own network size.

So what does TELUS do to represent this? Well, as always we see the TELUS animals… but in order to get the right scope a mongo hippopotamus is being used!

Check it out here… it’s pretty funny.Aren’t hippos considered to be slow animals though?

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Discussion

9 comments for “TELUS uses hippo to boast about their big network”

  1. I find this commercial quite amusing. It almost makes me want to stick it out with Telus. Almost. It will be interesting to see how the new entrants market themselves against our favorite incumbents! I would harken to guess the ad campaigns will go something like this:

    Public mobile: grandma and grandpa can now afford to be mobile too. Simple and affordable, that’s public mobile! TM

    Dave: like contracts, get a lawyer. Like Bell, so do we.

    Wind Mobile: The new bully on the telecom block, were taking the “wind” out of your sales!

    I for one am looking forward to the telecom smack down! How about you?

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    Posted by Chris | December 4, 2009, 1:46 pm
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  2. they used the same commercial last year

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    Posted by Dusty | December 4, 2009, 2:00 pm
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  3. Yup, this is their commercial from last year.

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    Posted by Quentin | December 4, 2009, 3:17 pm
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  4. Hi folks,

    Jim here from TELUS. The last time we used Hazina (the hippo) in a TELUS commercial was actually in 2005. It created quite an impression back then and we are very pleased to hear that many people remember it like it was just last year!

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    Posted by Jim Johannsson | December 4, 2009, 5:24 pm
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    • So happy you brought the hippo back, it’s by far Telus’ best commercial idea yet

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      Posted by Thomas Simpson | December 5, 2009, 12:55 am

  5. whats so good about this commercial… just as meaningless as all telus adds

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    Posted by Uri | December 5, 2009, 12:20 pm
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  6. I love that hippo. Makes me want to switch to Telus.

    I wonder how the hippo was treated though?
    Do you think Telus would commit animal cruelty?

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    Posted by Demio | December 6, 2009, 4:49 am
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  7. Oh, wait.. telus comes thru, reads, comments & cares whats consumers think about a hippo add.. but wen we ask for lower voice & data rates etc etc you Rise your cost and cut a fee?
    BRING BACK FLAT RATE UNLIMITED DATA! forget tha hippo

    lol

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    Posted by CRIMINALOGIC ® | December 6, 2009, 6:05 pm
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  8. they treated tha hippo just fine, its customers they Rape! :)
    *sorry*
    but its true

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    Posted by CRIMINALOGIC ® | December 6, 2009, 6:11 pm
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