3G Alltel and Verizon transfer...

[broadwayblues]

I am a Verizon customer who moved to an Alltel area and suffered with dial-up speeds (128 kbps down) for a year. When my phone read "Verizon wireless" instead of "Extended Network," I wanted to jump up and down and scream like a little girl. I hooked up my data card and it was roaming...had to activate it again through VZ access manager...and it went from roaming to nationalaccess. I have a ticket open with Verizon now. What they told me was even though the tower has switched over it has not upgraded to EVDO from 1X.

So the lesson here is that if you are like me, waiting on Verizon 3G in a rural area, call customer service, get a ticket opened and cross your fingers.

I will update when my ticket gets answered.