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Originally Posted by dbord_n
dude i was one of the un happy people who had alltel and now have verizon!! there plans cost 50-60 bucks more then the similar plan i had with alltel!! i can now, never upgrade mine or my wifes phone for when we do we will lose our alltel plan and have to get a new one with verizon!! dude if that isn't shady and not right i don't know what is!! i'm glad this is bringing attition to this but i fear it will just be another one of those headlines that dosen't really mean anything and when its all said and done the only thing that will happen is the big 2 will have to pay a fine to the fcc and continue the same way.
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Dude you have options. Excuse me if I seem a bit harsh, but every where I go I keep running into the same question.
You do NOT, I repeat NOT have to go with a verizon plan or a verizon phone for that matter. Not every single market was bought. So if you find yourself an alltel store, you can port your telephone number over to that company. You can also upgrade your phones as well.
NOW KEEP IN MIND ALLTEL DOES NOT EXIST. Alltel sold the majority of its markets to Verizon, but there were about 100 markets that were not included scattered all over the US to prevent monopolization. Now in those markets, alltel was bought out by local and regional wireless carriers. So if you go to them you can port your number and do business with them. They are still operating under the Alltel brand.
Keep in mind once againg that ALLTEL DOES NOT EXIST. So this means that whatever plan you have Verizon or Local/Regional Carrier is not under any obligation to uphold what you currently have through a company that no longer exists. So you will have to find out what plans/services are right for you based on what they provide to their customers. Same thing with Verizon, if you chose to do business with Verizon you will have to chose a plan that the other 77 million customers had before the Alltel buyout.
I am not trying to be mean or condescending, but Verizon bought Alltel. If Alltel had bought Verizon you could keep the plan and the services that you had practically forever or until Alltel decided to change it. I understand that it is frustrating, and there are a significant amount of changes happening and it is hard to make heads or tails. But you definitely have options, you will have to do some research to find Legacy Alltel locations but they are out there if you want to still do business under your existing plan.