Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| reply to aSic
Re: Alltel is now VZW?
said by aSic  :I completely missed the sale. Apparently it took place back in 6/5, and is expected to close late this year. Guess that means the future holds nothing but crippled phones (VZ) crappy handsets (Sprint) and dropped calls (TMo/ATT). So much for the revolution.  Alltel, can you hear me now? You better, cause we own yo ass... *sigh* and the lack of the Chad Commercials |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| No MyCircle and no U Prepaid (which is much better than Verizon Prepaid). And question is what will happen to the roamer only GSM system Alltel operates. When Alltel and Verizon, or Alltel and US Cellular are the 800s, your better hope one of them (Alltel) has GSM service if you have a GSM phone. |
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PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
Premium
join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
clubs:   | Just speculating but it seems like all of the carriers except for sprint are going with LTE -- I imagine they will just have one uniform network at that point where others can roam if roaming agreements are in place. |
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mindfrost82
join:2003-04-19
Cortland, IL | This has been mentioned in all the other LTE vs WiMAX discussions. LTE is going to be used for data-only. While it could lead to a GSM upgrade later on, voice will remain on the respective CDMA and GSM networks and only data will be on LTE. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | There'd be no reason to convert from CDMA to GSM- it'd be a downgrade in voice quality anyway. LTE is supposed to have voice over VoIP-based systems, which are much cheaper than current cellular voice technologies. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to patcat88
MyCircle will still be around for those customers that have it now and as long as they don't renew their contract after the merger. After that they won't have it of course. uPrepaid will go away almost after everyone in DC signs off on the deal. |
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dot_null
Premium
join:2004-06-28
Kennesaw, GA
 ·Callcentric
 ·Comcast
·VoiceStick
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by hottboiinnc :MyCircle will still be around for those customers that have it now and as long as they don't renew their contract after the merger. After that they won't have it of course. uPrepaid will go away almost after everyone in DC signs off on the deal. Do you know how they will handle grandfathered U Prepaid accounts? I have the old grandfathered plan where you only have to make a call every 30 days with no minimum top-up amounts. Would hate to see that go away, but there's always PagePlus if it does, I guess...
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| The only thing VZW is required by law to keep is anything where their is a contract in place. Since UPrePaid is a prepaid service and has no actual contract VZW can and most likely get rid of the service.
As far as postpaid customers of Alltel their service will go unchanged until they either renew their contract with VZW under a "new plan" or change providers. |
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dot_null
Premium
join:2004-06-28
Kennesaw, GA
·Callcentric
·Comcast
·VoiceStick
·AT&T Southeast
1 edit | Yep, that is why I am concerned about the future of U Prepaid.
VZW will be happy to see me go too. This line has been used as a backup to my Sprint line, and of the initial $20 refill back in mid-2006 there is still about $4 left.
I'm also ~50 miles away from the closest Alltel area and have been pretty much perma-roaming on Sprint or VZW. I'm sure in the end they've lost money on me.
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
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said by EPS :There'd be no reason to convert from CDMA to GSM- it'd be a downgrade in voice quality anyway. LTE is supposed to have voice over VoIP-based systems, which are much cheaper than current cellular voice technologies. Its not like that LTE is the family of GSM. Called 3gpp. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3gpp
Plus both cdma and GSM are old school. What has to happen is Alltel moved to a GSM core first then to LTE.
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Got Nitro
@cox.net | reply to patcat88
All can say is I hope that they keep my circle or alot of people are doom !!!!!! My circle is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to dot_null
you can always see about a VZ Reseller. They're are many of them. One actually resells VZ Unlimited its about $78 per month UNLIMITED VOICE day and night; PagePlus Cellular. |
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