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Verizon to offer $100 unlimited plan(s)

biotechrep

Feb 18, 2008, 2:52 PM
Wow!

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/02/18/update-ful ... »

$99 - Nationwide Unlimited (voice)
$119 - Nationwide Select Unlimited (voice, SMS, MMS)
$139 - Nationwide Premium (voice, SMS, MMS, VZNav, VCAST, email)
$149 - Nationwide Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and data)
$169 - Nationwide Global Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and international data)
$199 - Family plan with two lines, $99 per additional line.
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wombough

Feb 18, 2008, 6:17 PM
And your point was to put this in alltels forum for what reason.
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ghettosupertroll

Feb 18, 2008, 7:51 PM
Take dat Chad!!!! Haaaaaaa Shady Alltel gonna get killed by VZ and Tmob will come out with the plan for less, holla
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Ducati427

Feb 18, 2008, 10:17 PM
ghetto you just showed how stupid you really are with that comment.
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wombough

Feb 18, 2008, 10:36 PM
I bet you ATT the first one said that when they offered free long distance. Then what do you know they all went to that. I guess verizon wants to go to unlimited plans and that will make everyone else move to that. I for one would welcome it. Yet as I am right now using my Phone as a modem with no data plan with alltel and since its after 7 its all free. You cant do that with tmobile or verizon or even sprint or att.
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dave73

Feb 19, 2008, 1:03 PM
wombough said:
I bet you ATT the first one said that when they offered free long distance. Then what do you know they all went to that. I guess verizon wants to go to unlimited plans and that will make everyone else move to that. I for one would welcome it. Yet as I am right now using my Phone as a modem with no data plan with alltel and since its after 7 its all free. You cant do that with tmobile or verizon or even sprint or att.


I don't know about any Alltel users wanting this plan, but for the amount of time I use my phone, makes this plan very expensive. For the heavy users and lots of money; this is a good plan for them. But if Alltel offered something like this, it'd be somewhat lower in price.
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Thales

Feb 19, 2008, 7:33 PM
Ghetto just trolls in Alltel's forum to show how stupid he is. T-Mobile and Verizon are terrible, from both an industry worker and consumer.

-fin
Thales
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archie2626

Feb 21, 2008, 6:38 PM
biotechrep said:
Wow!

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/02/18/update-ful ... »

$99 - Nationwide Unlimited (voice)
$119 - Nationwide Select Unlimited (voice, SMS, MMS)
$139 - Nationwide Premium (voice, SMS, MMS, VZNav, VCAST, email)
$149 - Nationwide Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and data)
$169 - Nationwide Global Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, and international data)
$199 - Family plan with two lines, $99 per additional line.



See what cracks me up is that word "unlimited." Sure, great you can talk and talk and text and text. But if you really think about it do you need to spend $120 a month. Really? Chances are, unless you are a ...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 22, 2008, 9:39 AM
Over 50 million people in America are using in excess of 2000 peak minutes 😳 There is a huge market for Unlimited Calling Plans and Alltel is not offering it. Alltel can kiss their high minute users goodbye since they will not need a circle or have any complications once they switch to a carrier offering Unlimited.
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archie2626

Feb 22, 2008, 11:19 AM
They can also kiss their money goodbye as well then.. especially if they intend on have intentions of having a family plan of some sort. $99/month? Have fun with that!
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the_guy

Feb 22, 2008, 5:49 PM
Yeah, because the Family Unlimited plan looks sweet. $199 for the first two lines and $99 for each additional line. Damn, that's a steal. I'm going to jump right up on that one. Seriously, I can have a plan with Alltel that has five lines, two of which are Blackberry's and still be well under that, all while having those all important 2,000 minutes AND 20 circle numbers.

I guess having an unlimited plan would be pretty important if your company charges you anytime minutes for mobile to mobile calls while roaming on another company's towers. Or if, you know, you have "unlimited" texting that is only unlimited to other Verizon customers. OR, if you have unlimited data that, umm, is not actually unlimited and you get locked out after a cert...
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archie2626

Feb 22, 2008, 5:56 PM
touche my friend
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 22, 2008, 6:35 PM
I'm not to concerned about Alltel ever growing their customer base. Alltel has only grown from 2.5 million customers in 1996 to 12 million today. At that rate I'll be almost 90 when they grow to over 70 million customers 😳
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archie2626

Feb 22, 2008, 7:54 PM
yeah okay.. you're probably right. people don't seem to trust the idea of honest sales reps and reliable service and if because Alltel has both of those their doomed to have a lower customer base then I think I can live with that. no wonder Verizon has 60 million customers and counting.
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 8:31 AM
Ummm, last i read Verizon had a higher customer satisfaction as did T-Mobile. Both had higher customer Service ratings as well 😳 😳 😳

It is obvious why Alltel needs a circle, they lack the customer base to make mobile to mobile calling tangible.
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 9:03 AM
see maybe you should do some more reading cause in early 2008 it was announced that based on a rather extensive survey that Alltel ranked second in customer service behind verizon.

But thanks for giving a great example of what i'm trying to explain here. this is exactly the problem.. Most people who have Verizon fail to fully do any research and end up with similar service and paying more. congrats on the whole foot in the mouth thing though. interesting strategy. hope it pays off for you.
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 9:23 AM
What extensive survey do you speak of and what areas of the country is this covering?
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 9:51 AM
to be perfectly honest i'm not sure who conducted it but I know it was a national survey. if I remember they were ranked 1 verizon 2 alltel 3 t mobile 4 sprint and 5 at&t
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the_guy

Feb 23, 2008, 2:02 PM
The survey was done by Consumer Reports and was conducted primarily in major markets, which isn't completely fair considering that out of the big five, Alltel is the only one that is considered a regional carrier and doesn't service some of the bigger cities. This isn't saying they can't make or receive calls when in those cities, they just won't have access to a store or be able to get local numbers in said cities. I'm getting sidetracked now.

My question is, what makes Verizon so special? My mom and sister recently started service with Verizon. My mom has nothing special on her phone and my sister has unlimited texting, but only to Verizon customers. They are still paying more per month than had they come to Alltel and gotten the same a...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 2:22 PM
Because I use Alltel in Northern Wisconsin, Northern Arkansas and Northern Michigan and Alltel's service blows.
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the_guy

Feb 23, 2008, 2:42 PM
Well then, join THE network sir.
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themps

Feb 24, 2008, 1:21 PM
Have you ever tried Verizon in those areas.....yeah that is what I thought.

Verizon in northern michigan and wisconsin areas pales in comparison to Alltel. If you think otherwise you know zero about wireless. I'd be even willing to beta good amount of money that they are better in northern arkansas as well as they are based there.
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 2:33 PM
I chuckle every time a company makes a claim they are the best.

AT&T claims to have America's least dropped calls but what's funny is this survey they did conveniently did not include Alltel (who actually pays you back if you do drop a call while using their towers by the way). Odd right?

Sprint claims they are the most "powerful." What does that even mean? "Sprint, the Hercules of cell phones" Flex your muscles Sprint.

T-mobile's little phrase is "stick together" and they can't even do that for free among t-mobile customers. Although I do have to say T-mobile is pretty close to "getting it" with their "my fav" program. At least closer than the others.

Verizon claims "America's most reliable network" okay?? I guess being ...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 2:51 PM
at@t quit advertising fewest dropped calls a while ago, Telephia came out with a new report that no longer supported them.

Speaking of shoddy claims, how about Alltel's largest network claim? Oh, that is square miles for the wastelands that they cover where the service sucks but they at least have the spectrum holdings for the square miles. They should change their advertising to "Alltel, covering more cows and wild animals in more places"
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 3:10 PM
or.... it could be that Alltel owns and operates more towers than anyone else. your claim may be true but with the usage of all the towers from other carriers they cover more populated areas as good if not better than everyone else. plus they cover your so called "cow infested " areas. stop throwing bogus statements out there and go into the verizon forum where there's people who are just as deceitful and stubborn as yourself and stop wasting our time.
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 3:53 PM
How many towers does Alltel have? How do you figure they cover more populated areas as good if not better, do you have data to back this up?
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 4:13 PM
alltel and sprint just signed a ten year contract in 2006. and they also signed one with at&t through 2012. what these entail are agreements to share towers. so when an alltel customer travels to an area they have yet to have store branches in they still have the ability to use their phones without any stipulations or roaming charges. roaming agreements among carriers are very common. alltel only has their towers in 34 states but due to the roaming agreements they can offer the same service as their competitors in all 50 states.

your face!

want more info on alltel and all this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alltel »
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 6:53 PM
My face??? You are a complete idiot. A roaming agreement with at@t??? at@t uses GSM/GPRS/HSDPA/HSUPA in their network. The roaming agreements Alltel had with them covered areas for analog services which are shutting down with both VZW and at@t as we speak.

You said Alltel had more towers, obviously you are an clueless if you think saying Alltel has towers means that all its roaming partners count as Alltel's towers. VZW is the main roamer for Alltel and they have seamless interoperability between each other for the most part. All CDMA carriers have roaming agreements with each other.

Do you even have a clue how a cell phone works???
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archie2626

Feb 23, 2008, 7:05 PM
do yourself a favor.. since you are clearly too close-minded to see anything objectively, switch to Verizon and go into their forum and bash Alltel all you want. you completely missed my point but that's neither here nor there.
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 23, 2008, 7:34 PM
Do yourself a favor and educate yourself on how wireless phones and networks work and stop making claims without facts or knowledge. Oh, and be careful using Wikipedia as it often contains flaws and errors.
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Keith-IA

Feb 24, 2008, 5:00 AM
bigdaddyjay said:
Do yourself a favor and educate yourself on how wireless phones and networks work and stop making claims without facts or knowledge.


Physician, heal thyself, 🤣
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themps

Feb 24, 2008, 1:18 PM
What is this argument about??

Alltel has the largest native coverage area out of any carrier. That is a fact. They are not talking about license areas either it is based on computer model simulations of each tower and their projected coverage area. They cover the largest square miles of land in the United States of America, then any other carrier here.

As far as the "reports" in the top 50 markets (which is where jd powers or was it consumer reports? did their survey) In all areas in which Alltel has a network and the "big 4" did as well. Alltel was 1st and 2nd place. Beating verizon in many areas for network, and placing highly in the customer service area as well. These are also facts.

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bigdaddyjay

Feb 24, 2008, 4:06 PM
The argument started because someone in this forum thinks Unlimited calling for 100 bucks is no big deal.

Here are some facts-

Alltel added less customers in 2007 than T-Mobile, at@t and VZW added in the fourth quarter of 2007. Alltel may cover more square miles than any other carrier but they cover some of the least populated areas of the country. Alltel doesn't cover many major areas like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, etc. They rely on roaming agreements instead since they have no coverage.

Do I have Alltel? Nope, I live in an area where they do not have licensing. I do have friends and family that do and many switched to at@t because Alltel was behind on their coverage. The largest network? Whoopee, it covers an abundance o...
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themps

Feb 24, 2008, 9:36 PM
What state does your family live in?

Stereotypes should not be how you judge people or other parts of the country. They are 90 percent of the time wrong.

It's not as if there are no people where they have a network, i think the number is 80 million. How can you fault a carrier for not having a network somewhere where it is impossible to get a license because the big companies monopolize it and push out competition? For instance, the 700 license for nyc and surround areas. Att and VZW don't need it at all. But they will bid and bid to keep it out of the hands of Alltel. There are also instances like in Florida. Where the FCC let Att keep BOTH 800 license for the east side of the state. That is ridiculous and un-fair, the fcc blew it th...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 25, 2008, 9:21 AM
Stereotype? Chad should have overalls because that is where a majority of the coverage is catering to. I grew up in the far western Illinois area so I am talking about my people when saying this and not stereotyping. My father lives in Northern Arkansas in Yelleville, look at your Alltel map and you can see it is Alltel territory yet at@t is killing them in coverage. Alltel may have rural areas but many of them have poor coverage, I know as I have hunted in them, fished in them and even driven a tractor or two through parts of them.
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the_guy

Feb 24, 2008, 11:25 PM
Dude, you just said in a previous post that you have Alltel's service in parts of Wisconson, Northern Arkansas and another area. But now you are saying you do not have Alltel service? Which is it? You come in here and all your arguements are based on turning around facts that other people state.

Archie: Alltel has the largest native coverage area and the most towers.

Big Jay: No they don't.

Archie: Umm, yeah, pretty sure they do. Here's the proof.

Big Jay: Well, well, well, that doesn't count because there are only cows there.

What? Shut up you fool. You sound like a Verizon sales rep who knows they are selling something over priced but have the name to fall back on. You come in here and say that we don't have a clue about how...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 25, 2008, 9:11 AM
Can you read or isn't that a requirement to work for Alltel? I said I use their service in Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Arkansas. Alltel is a service provider and when I am in those areas I use their service. Alltel doesn't have more towers, they might cover more square miles but they have a much lower density rate for tower placement where the cows roam, Elk Bugle or pigs snort. Saying you have the largest network is pointless if most Americans never travel where a majority of your network operates and you need a tri mode phone to place calls.
You just admitted that Alltel blows, lower Net Adds because they don't have service where people use phones, under 700k Net Adds in a year? That is growing the business?
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the_guy

Feb 25, 2008, 11:58 AM
Whatever master debater. This is pointless. Back to the original topic... kind of...

Can somebody please explain to me how the unlimited family plans are supposed to work? Are they really going to be an additional $99 per line? Really?
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Thales

Feb 25, 2008, 7:17 PM
Wow, Jay, you obviously know very little about Alltel or the private acquisition that the company was involved in. Alltel has the physically largest network, end of story, regardless of whether those towers are in pastureland or urbanized cities. Are you telling me that no one is using those towers? Alltel spent large sums of money to erect a service tower in an area where they would make NO money? Ya', that sounds like Alltel. You should also bone up on what you pretend to know about, ie Alltel's use of Analog service, as a company distributed memo says the sunsetting on Analog is almost complete. Hmm... bet you didn't know about that, or any other proprietary information that Verizon users aren't privy to.

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bigdaddyjay

Feb 25, 2008, 8:51 PM
Seriously--- Alltel will keep Analog operating until at least November of this year. Alltel is now owned by a private equity company that could care less about Alltel employees. Their goal is to pump up the image and stock price and then sell it off in parts or as a whole if possible.

Here are some facts. Alltel sold their network in Las Vegas to Verizon Wireless!! Stupid move but they did get Tampa Florida out of the deal, whoopee!!!

What good is the claim physically largest network? They have less towers than Sprint, Verizon Wireless and at@t but hey, they have more square miles??? I have used Alltel networks in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Florida, and Michigan if not more areas and the service isn't ...
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themps

Feb 25, 2008, 10:01 PM
Alltel has the overall best coverage in all of Michigan out of any of the providers. I know this for a fact as I live there and travel the state extensively and have had every carrier of the top 5. I even do drive tests when I'm bored with my unlocked l6 and forcing my phone over to the other cdma networks by editing the nam.

You fault them for not having good coverage while roaming on them....why doesn't verizon have good coverage....or any coverage there at all?

Also VZW is not the primary roaming partner anymore. Sprint is and has been for about 2 years.

I suggest you actually try Alltel's service now. Before judging them based on second hand information and experience from years ago. The past two years they have sunk a boat loa...
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bigdaddyjay

Feb 25, 2008, 11:25 PM
I have been in all states previously listed within the last six months. The whole point of this thread was that it is stupid to offer unlimited calling. My point is that Alltel is stupid if they don't offer it, not offering it could lead to them losing valuable high dollar users.

The unlimited plans have little benefit to share plan users. The plans will benefit business users and power users that do not have a list of people or group of mobile to mobile users they rely on calling to stay within their minutes.

Alltel has made some poor decisions in the past and not offering an unlimited plan could be another.

As for roaming off of Sprint, good luck. VZW and Alltel have more network transparency and both primarily use Lucent and M...
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