Verizon to offer $100 unlimited plan(s)
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.
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.
-fin
Thales
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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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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It is obvious why Alltel needs a circle, they lack the customer base to make mobile to mobile calling tangible.
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.
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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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.
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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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"
your face!
want more info on alltel and all this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alltel »
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???
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, 🤣
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.
This person is obviously bias, and probably n...
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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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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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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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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?
What do I need to get ...
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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?
In any event, you seem...
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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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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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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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