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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Alltel / December 2007Verizon vs. Alltel
Hello, I am a Cingular TDMA customer, and I am considering switching cell phone companies. I am looking at Verizon or Alltel, because their CDMA networks cover more areas than the GSM networks of Cingular, Nextel, and T-Mobile, or what I was lead to believe. I know that when Verizon isn't available, I will roam on Alltel and vice versa, so what makes them different from one another? Thanks >I know that when Verizon isn't available, I will roam on Alltel and >vice versa, so what makes them different from one another? The plans and the phones that are available. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Another factor is how often and where you travel. I've had Alltel. There coverage where I live is awesome. No one comes close except for Verizon. And their local freedom plan can not be beat. (1,300 minutes for $50.00). However, I do travel and this is where Alltel has problems as a regional carrier. I don't have issues with reception but I do have issues with other features. I also use my cell phone as a pager and I also receive voicemail alerts. These features do not work in every state I travel too. If you travel, Verizon is more expensive but might be the better bet. <br> <br> Casey<br> <br> <blockquote cite="miduesva0tfvlrvch95rhc6j05fpo1bdfqaqp@4ax.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 22 May 2004 08:54:42 -0700, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:langst_d@music.fsu.edu">langst_d@music.fsu.edu</a> (Darrius) wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I know that when Verizon isn't available, I will roam on Alltel and vice versa, so what makes them different from one another? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> The plans and the phones that are available. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html Hey man I work for alltel and I travel, I can tell you that I have had excellent service with alltel, and I had Verizon long before I start working for alltel and dropped them because of bad billing habits, I highly recommend alltel, not just because I work for them but because I would choose them regardless. Hope this help. (warning: do not get sucked into a GSM service there rural coverage is horrible.) > Hey man I work for alltel and I travel, I can tell you that I have had > excellent service with alltel, and I had Verizon long before I start working > for alltel and dropped them because of bad billing habits, I highly > recommend alltel, not just because I work for them but because I would > choose them regardless. Hope this help. (warning: do not get sucked into a > GSM service "there" Where is "there". Is it "here"? Is it "near"? Is it "far"? I know it's not "here" in regards to where I am at this exact moment, because Cingular/AT&T and T-Mobile outdo Verizon Wireless and Alltel. Not only do Verizon and Alltel drop more calls than Cingular/AT&T and T-Mobile, but Alltel has poor voice quality in comparision, along with worse overall coverage in this area. However, I hear Verizon outdoes Cingular in California in terms of coverage/number of dropped calls. I have not concretely seen a CDMA carrier excel in voice quality over a GSM carrier... Point being that it's not an all-or-nothing deal for the United States. > rural coverage is horrible.) I was with alltel through three name changes. I left them because of an arguement with customer service. That mistake I regret everytime a pay my verizon bill. I will most likely return to Alltel when I can afford my Verizon buy out. The new digital bag phone is coming out will only be carried by Alltel. Ernest > Hello, I am a Cingular TDMA customer, and I am considering switching > cell phone companies. I am looking at Verizon or Alltel, because their [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks > The new digital bag phone is coming out will only be > carried by Alltel. Ernest, I already had the "new digital bagphone" and returned it to Alltel because it's a TOTAL LIE. It's not a bagphone at all. It's the same micropowered toyphone built into this huge, impressive bagphone case, sorta like one of those transistor radios built into the nostalgia Crosley cabinet that's mostly empty. That bagphone doesn't run any more power than the smallest pocket phone Alltel sells. The other problem is they were too stupid to build it into the HANDSET, so you must ALWAYS hold the bagphone, not just the handset like the old AMPS phones, to dial from the main chassis, not the handset. Just as poor a coverage as the pocket phones have....not 3 watts from a big antenna like our beloved bagphones on AMPS. Two words - IT SUCKS! Sorry to bust your bubble on it but that's the truth.... Welcome back to Alltel. It beats Verizon's a.s every place I go. Larry  SignatureIsn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you you're downloads threaten their networks...... ....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems? http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v > Ernest Just noticed your ham radio header, too. I'm W4CSC We just found the grandfather of a usenet friend who was 2ABT in Albany NY as early as 1906! He was on the air when Hiram Percy Maxim was a new novice!.... 73 DE W4CSC Charleston, SC Larry SignatureIsn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you you're downloads threaten their networks...... ....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems? http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v Larry, I saw the truth about the m800 today while researching it on the net. Thank you for your reply. Oh Btw kd4imu here, I will probably still switch back to alltel when I can afford the buy out. Thanks for the reply. God bless Ernest Smith >> Ernest > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Larry |
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