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Originally Posted by 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.
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The company I work for was just bought out by HP. If its anything like what we were told, they have to act as separate company's and still compete until the transaction is complete. In case it falls apart in the end, no trade secrets and no deals depending on the transaction never took place. So I would say their is no way to tell what phone Alltel will have until they have it. Thats something they work out with HTC. Also, as Alltel's past shows (and I have called and asked), they do not or have not crippled their phones. So its anyone's guess. I don't think Verizon would lowered their specs unless they had a good reason. Cause now if you walk into a Sprint store they have one up to tell their new (x-Verizon) customers who want that phone in its full glory. Verizon probably gets them cheaper, or stocked up sooner or needed the crappier model to make sure we couldn't use something else they want us to pay for...