Alltel/AT&T divested markets

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I'm kinda on the fence with this one. I'd like it to get done just so it's over. Also, being in construction, it will be nice to finally have a (real) solution to have 2 phones to be able to switch for work/play. On the other hand, I like the service and plan I have now. I also like the one year contracts with the same price phones. If they take too much longer, I'll be able to get new phones again. My lines are up in 5, 7, and 8 months, and I'm fairly certain I'll see at least the 5 month line come due. I'll be sitting on a stockpile of phones.
 
jtludwig, that makes sense. Just remember that the reason why Verizon elected to keep the Alltel network and divest their own is that they felt the Alltel network offered overall superior coverage in your area.
 
Yeah this is a joke. According to the FCC website we are on day 270. When they were supposed to have it done at 180. Where I live in eastern SD Alltel has far superior coverage to Verizon but my phone is on its last leg and I'm getting tired of waiting. I'm tempted to go to Verizon til all this is done with. That way by the time my 2 year contract is up with Verizon maybe they will have the transfer to ATT done with. I'm not holding my breath though on that one.
 
So once the FCC approves this deal how long till ATT starts switching things over. Is it going to take another 90 days to "close" the deal? Or has the $ already changed hands? I'm not familiar how these big time corporate deals work.
 
Why are we still speaking of AT&Ts merge for Alltel? So what happened to Allied Wireless Communication Corporation as they planned to set the headquarter in Little Rock, Ark.?
 
sprke, it should close within days of approval. I'd bet AT&T will start network conversion immediately.

bgmk82j, AT&T is buying most of the divested network; Atlantic Tele-Network (doing business as Allied Wireless) is buying the remainder...
 
I see they are doing some work at a cell tower that I drive by on my way to work. Not sure who it was since the truck had no name on it. They were pulling more wire up the tower. Not sure what that is all about but could it be AT&T? I am in a divested area, BTW.
 
hahler2,
Since your phone is on its last legs why not find a similair Alltel phone off of ebay and do an ESN change rather than jumping ship before you know the final outcome.
 
That's probably what I will do since I really don't want to go to Verizon. I keep hoping that the FCC will make some kind of announcement any day and that I can get my phone to hold out that long. Also I hear rumors of an Android phone coming to Alltel so I'm waiting to see if that happens also since I love my brother-in-laws HTC Eris.
 
The following is like a poorly written piece of code with way too many goto statements and do loops in it but please see if you can follow it (or maybe just ignore it and save your sanity LOL)

Sorry to ask what may be a foolish question , but one of the main reasons I really don't want to deal with VZ any more is there frustrating marketing scheme of charging for every little thing. However, the idea that they ask me to pay for every little thing unless I modify my phone (did that with an E815 so I could use the memory card) seems to be less an issue with LTE
I read somewhere about LTE and then this article (below) "says" that VZ plans to have LTE in all it's markets by 2013.

https://www.lte.vzw.com/AboutLTE/VerizonWirelessLTENetwork/tabid/6003/Default.aspx

and I am reasonably certain that I read the LTE would be difficult to implement and still cripple the capacity of phones. Therefore it might be difficult for VZ to offer LTE and cripple phones. (Or is that a huge incorrect presumption)


Next--
One of the "fun" thinks that intrigued me about AT&T was that they were going to "supposedly" offer 4G (don't' ask me for a cite because I don't remember where I read that).

Am I wrong (which can EASILY be the case) :blush: in that LTE is more robust than 4G? Not to start a war of incalculable magnitude, but it VZ 'were' to offer LTE at about the same price as AT&T's 4G, would there be much of a reason to choose one over the other?

Is LTE even viable for Montana?

I'm gonna hate myself for saying this, but with the advent and immanent implementation of LTE is AT&T really going to be that much of a step up for consumers? Or is it more of a consumer's choice of vendor argument?

If these questions are of no relevance to the discussion please let me know and I will happily go back to lurking :doh:

Thanks
 
There isn't even a standardized voice over LTE solution yet, and if AT&T chooses the HSPA+ path like T-Mobile, they can get LTE speeds (but not the efficiency) without going to LTA. HSPA+ is a better choice, to be honest, for rural markets and save LTE for the cities. It's a choice AT&T potentially has. Verizon doesn't.
 
Thank you for that information. I have to admit that I didn't understand much of it, LOL but it gives me more fuel in my self determination to leave Verizon when AT&T arrives.

Thanks again.
 
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