[talk2nate]

The post has correct information.. and the service isn't a dying service! lol .. If it were dying they wouldn't still be selling phones. Verizon purchased Alltel - in other words since both networks are CDMA is a flawless transition together. Nothing like what Sprint and Nextel went through to get going. (Alltel name will phase out and the remaining will all be Verizon)

The information he posted about changing your Omnia to Alltel will work just fine. Also remember you can do it on your Alltel.com online account also without talking to customer service!

One problem your going to run into right now is the Omnia phone will keep changing your internet username back to your verizon one. This will keep your data connection from working properly. Hopefully soon ePST or a better tool will be made available for us Omnia users to fix the issue. Search the forums for more info on that though - some have worked around it.

Many people are finding Alltel's Smart Choice plans are cheaper data plans than other carriers and wanted to be "grandfathered" in on the price plan before the switch.