[ppcboi318]

Just because verizon is buying alltel doesn't mean they are going to change how they receive phones or sell them. I'm pretty sure verizon saw the potential to raise their profits by buying alltel. Usually what you see when companies buy another company, is because they like the way they handle business. On the other side of this if a company is failing then companies may purchase them to save the other company from going under. In alltel's case they were a major player, and i will give you something to look at. Sprint is taking forever to get their broadband coverage to areas outside of major markets, I live in Bossier City, Louisiana, although this city alone isn't major market when you team it up with shreveport, louisiana (twin cities just separated by the red river) then we become a major market. Alltel has their evdo coverage here and they had it before the verizon-alltel merger was annouced. Also i think the version of the titan that alltel received wasn't the same watered-down version verizon received.