[DMWagner]

I had it pretty good under Alltel. Cheap phones, cheaper rates, good phone service, unlimited data, no restrictions on how I used my phone.

I really cringed when I heard that Verizon was buying Alltel. I had looked at both companies when I was looking into buying my 6800 and Verizon was twice as expensive on the actual purchase of the phone and $180 a year more for the plan with less minutes and restrictions on the data and GPS usage.

But we lucked out and won't be turned into Verizon customers as I recieved a letter in the mail saying we are still going to be Alltel customers. But with this news of AT&T, it looks to be more of the same in regards to pricing and usage restrictions.