Re: No No No No!! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21223139 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:53 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:53 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227765 wombough : Its not good business for them to give everyone a one time break. Does your cable company give you a one time break for ordering a movie? Does your electric company give you a one time break if you use more then you normally do? Does your supermarket give you food if you spend you food budget? I mena come on why does everyone think cell phone providers are suppose to give stuff away. They are just like any other.

And he could have gave me a warning but it made me be more aware. As I bet the overage your wife had to pay made her more away of her plan.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227765 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:50:01 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227577 Locutus65 :
said by wombough See Profile :

I hate to sound like a jerk. But one does anyone ever read what they sign up for anyway. And two its her own fault she went over not theirs so why would they adjust?

Got pulled over once 45 in a 35. I said I was going 45 the speed limit which has been that way for 5 years and he said it changed last week and I actually just passed the sign. I said fair enough my fault for lack of attention.

point we all need to pay attention everything changes in time!!
But in the world of customer service giving someone a one time break is good.
As for your ticket, yes you were speeding and admitted it, but wouldn't you have felt better if the cop would have just given you a warning since the sign recently changed?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227577 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:03:43 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227095 wombough : I hate to sound like a jerk. But one does anyone ever read what they sign up for anyway. And two its her own fault she went over not theirs so why would they adjust?

Got pulled over once 45 in a 35. I said I was going 45 the speed limit which has been that way for 5 years and he said it changed last week and I actually just passed the sign. I said fair enough my fault for lack of attention.

point we all need to pay attention everything changes in time!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21227095 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:19:28 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21226158 hottboiinnc : Anyone can be bought. Especially JD Power.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21226158 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:25:03 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21226144 hottboiinnc : actually yes they do make money (Cricket, Revol, MetroPCS), Cricket is actually publicly traded under their parent company Leap Wireless who also owns JumpWireless.

The thing is though that once VZW sheds the spectrum that over laps someone is going to pick it up and it won't be Sprint so the only others left really are the unlimited providers. Someone is going to face some serious price wars and the big boys won't compete. Because if they could they would have already done it.

Revol actually trims costs by not mailing bills they actually charge you $2 for your bill to be mail. Why? It's the same every month. Also the bill is not detailed. It's just a couple pages at most.

People want unlimited flat rate calling and that's what it is going to come to. Too many people have the unlimited plans for $99 so why not unlimited local. long distance, nationwide coverage, texting for $47 add picture mail for an extra $5

check out Revol.com for pricing. Pricing is great and they'd have it made if they would just merge with someone else or started picking up small CDMA carriers or take over what Alltel/VZW gets rid of.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21226144 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:23:06 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21224449 Locutus65 : Acutally during Ike my wifes phone lost signal for several hours and my Alltel phone never did.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21224449 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:01:23 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21224419 degauss1 :
said by Locutus65 See Profile :

...rom where. Her new account only allows free incoming from Verizon however this was never explained to her when she opened her own account...
I've had VZ for over 10 years straight and NEVER known them to have a plan with free incoming calls fromm off network.

VZ has been top notch customer svc in my book and they are TOP RATED with JD Powers.

Rates might not be the greatest but the phone always works and CS has done some pretty good things whith overages for me and mine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21224419 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:57:10 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21223588 Locutus65 : Well, My wife has verizon. Has had for years with her ex husband's account. She now has her own. Previously she got all incoming calls free no matter from where. Her new account only allows free incoming from Verizon however this was never explained to her when she opened her own account. The first month she went over on her minutes a bit ($13.00 to be exact). She called Verizon to see if they would adjust this off since it was her first overage. They refused, the only thing they would offer was to take the $13 off IF she upgrade her plan which would have cost her $20 more per month. I used to work for Alltel and this would have been no problem.
Second, my mother in law also has Verizon and has had for years. Her purse along with her cell phone was recently stolen. We had an extra verizon phone we loaned her. We called to get her phone number put on the loaner phone (another thing we easily did at Alltel) and of course verizon would not do it. They said she would have to wait to get her new phone.

That is what I'm talking about. Verizon has crappy rules and customer service.
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said by Locutus65 See Profile :

I dread the day when Verizon and their Non customer service, high rates and poor plans take over Alltel
Um explain this

Verizon Wireless Again Tops In Customer Satisfaction

»Verizon Wireless Again Tops In Customer Satisfaction]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21223139 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:31 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21223132 BF69 :
said by Mactron See Profile :

Probably why VZ wants them. Kill the competition. :huh:
Alltel is hardly competiton for Verizon. At&t is, Sprint sort of is. Alltel not so much.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21223132 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:06:52 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222630 viperlmw : Verizon must think it's worth the capital. They are expanding into my area for the first time by installing 1 site in each of 2 small cities (3500 and 1000 people) in Northern Idaho, and are expected to start selling service this month. Alltel has service here (previously Western Wireless), so I am interested in how this all shakes out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222630 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:37:59 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222533 datwell1 : One question is, "Can they really make any money with those rates?" Remember, telephony is quite capital-intensive and with the coverage people expect these days...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222533 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:20:23 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222321 hottboiinnc : Sprint, Alltel, and Verizon are the only major CDMA carriers in the USA. They all have roaming agreements as far as voice. the only thing Alltel and Sprint have that does NOT include VZW is the EVDO roaming.

And the areas that Alltel and VZW over lap i'm sure VZW will be made to sell them off as far of the merger. MetroPCS, Cricket or Revol.com will end up expanding.

But like i said before, Metro, Cricket, and Revol should all merge and buy up Sprint. That would be a wireless company

Kiss Alltel, VZW, TM, and AT$T good bye cause nobody could stop them once they all merged or even just one of them and Sprint. Unlimited Deals going from $99 to $47 per month! no way in hell would anyone else touch that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222321 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:45:01 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222307 anon : Also forgetting Verizon will have a large GSM roaming business. Alltel has a large GSM roaming business when they bought Western Wireless, while they were a cdma provider they had licences and ran gsm and cdma off there towers. Take your ATT or Tmobile phone out in the middle of no where nevada and your phone will switch and say alltel it really fliped out my friend who was on ATT on his way to vegas ( road trip )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222307 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:42:03 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222266 DarnellP : I believe one of the conditions for the merger is that VZW can't do jack up rates like that and that they have to honor existing existing Alltel roaming agreements. Back in 2006 Sprint and Alltel signed a 10 year reciprocal EVDO roaming agreement, so I'm guessing they at least should be ok for the forseeable future.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222266 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:36:15 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222225 iansltx : Though in lots of areas VZ just roams on Alltel, though in some places their coverage does overlap.

This also means bad things for SPrint, who uses Alltel as their main roaming carrier, and anyone else who isn't Verizon. Once VZ gets the roaming monopoly (or close) for CDMA, they'll jack up rates as soon as roaming contracts expire, forcing companies to either choose local alternative companies with lesser data services or decreases in footprint\increases in costs passed to the customer. Not such a hot thing when it was only a year or two ago that you saw companies taking off roaming charges...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222225 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:27:20 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222209 Varlik :
said by Mactron See Profile :

Probably why VZ wants them. Kill the competition. :huh:
Ding, Ding, Ding give that person a Cookie. If you can't beat them then buy them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21222209 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:24:49 EDT Re: No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21221900 Mactron : Probably why VZ wants them. Kill the competition. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21221900 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:58:10 EDT No No No No!! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21221895 Locutus65 : I dread the day when Verizon and their Non customer service, high rates and poor plans take over Alltel
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