Verizon Sues Alltel For False Advertising > Roaming Agreements?

Roaming Agreements?

It won't impact the roaming agreements. Without Alltel, Verizon's coverage sucks in the south. Also, without Verizon, Alltel's coverage is nonexistent in major metropolitan areas and other large portions of the country.

Bottom line.... both of their networks are vastly incomplete. They need each other.

reply to pnh102
I'm pretty sure Federal law or FCC rules mandates that they allow roaming on each others networks if they have compatible technologies.

But then again, I could be wrong....
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reply to WeSRT4
If I'm not mistaken. I think Alltel has the largest foot print of any of the companies. The foot print is just largely in rural areas. When Verizon first started after the GTE/Bell Atlantic Merger, they were Sprint's largest customer. I am not sure if they are anymore.

I believe they do have the largest footprint. However, most of that footprint is farm land and back roads.

reply to N3OGH
Verizon and Sprint both use CDMA however all Sprint roaming has been removed from the PRL in the NY area for about 3 years. This means that a Verizon customer can not make a call on the Sprint PCS network even if the phone is showing No Service and he is standing next to a Sprint tower.

The E911 rules however require any compatable carrier to accept a 911 call from any compatable phone, even it it is not activated.

Tim

reply to WeSRT4
Exactly.. where they are no other providers. On the other hand, Verizon isnt' the only one in major cities. Basically if they wanted Alltel can shift to another roaming partner.
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verizon is 2nd on alltels roaming. Sprint is first as they also roam EVDO off each other. Alltel is sprints first choice too. It was the first type agreement in wireless history. And between the two you have the best coverage you can possible have.

reply to N3OGH
they do however they will charge you a standered rate which is 59 cents a min plus 1.25 for long distance Or they make a great deal with each other and charge pennies.

reply to pende_tim

Yes 911 overrides the PRL table. 911 looks for any signal using a compatible technology and frequency to connect.

As I said, you can make a 911 call with a phone that is not even activated so the assumption there is that there may not even be a valid PRL in the phone.