Comments on: Verizon Wireless to Acquire Alltel

By: don hines

don hines — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000

I’ve had alltel for 7 years…will my time continue with verizon or will it start over with a new 2 year plan?

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:39:30 +0000

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By: MissouriGal

MissouriGal — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:06:23 +0000

HEY..Jeremy…dumb shit….you can go rith on there web site and see, their plans SUCK! The friends and family shit they offer, is only available on plans WITH OVER 900 MIN!! Those plans are ExPeNsIvE!! Alltel did not work that way! You got 1 my circle number with plans starting at 39.99 and then 5 on the next plan at 49.99 and then 10 on plans 59.99 and above!! SEE THE DIFFERENCE…MORON?? I think you should be the one doing some “Damn Research!”

By: MissouriGal

MissouriGal — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:02:51 +0000

I agree with so many of you! We all need an attorney to represent us in a class action suit! the FCC and FTC should step in and stop Verizon from charging us the Early Term Fees, since…WE DID NOT CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH VERIZON!!! I happen to live in an area where when they came in, they closed down a call center, that I worked in for a year, and put over 200 employees out of a job! Right at Christmas! THEY ARE THE ANTI-CHRIST!!! I do not want to give them My MONEY!! COME ON YOU MONEY HUNGRY ATTORNEYS OUT THERE….READ THIS AND JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON! WE NEED A CLASS ACTION SUIT!!

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:52:12 +0000

The Alltel/Verizon merger has been a nightmare! The horror is that it has cost my 78 year old Mother, who’s living on a fixed income, over $300.00. After the switch from Alltel to Verizon was completed, my Mother’s pre-paid cell phone, with over $117.00 of time, no longer worked. The kind-hearted, compassionate folks (not) at the new Verizon store told her she had to purchase a new phone, new pre-paid card, pay for the activation fee, and all the surcharges, taxes, and other fees they deemed necessary. With Verizon’s pre-paid plan, my Mother is now having to pay $0.25 per minute instead of her previous rate of $0.15 per minute with Alltel. Verizon said they could not add the $117.00 balance from Mom’s old phone to the new one they said she had to buy. Verizon said this transition would be a smooth one. Flat-out truth is, Verizon LIED! Are there any lawyers specializing in class action suits amongst us?

By: joanne

joanne — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:23:50 +0000

I have been with Alltel for quite some time and being on a pay-per-day plan with unlimited nights and weekends,unlimited mobile and unlimited text which fit my budget and need considering i cant afford the deposit for a contract phone, i have found that Verizons pay-per-day plan is more expensive all the way around from the daily fee to the features, it wouldnt be fair to be forced into changing to Verizons prepaid plan, its many people including myself that cant afford it, many on fixed income,some disabled people that need to have a phone with a plan they can afford and with the features therefore if we alltel customers have to go with Verizon then verizon should should be compassionate enough to allow us to keep the prepaid plan that we have with Alltel or change their prepaid plans to be exactly like the Alltel prepaid plans, im sure with the many people thats depending on those plans Verizon would make just as much profit if not more than with the prepaid plans that they have,I also feel that if Verizon doesnt accept the alltel pre-paid plan then they are not caring about the customers need and financial status which would make them selfish as well as greedy and inconsiderate of poor or disabled people, if everybody could afford the contract phone service then they all would have have them.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:02:01 +0000

I have been with Alltel since 2000 in Colorado. I had great reception everywhere so I got rid of my home phone. After the merger my reception went to crap and I have to walk outside to talk on my phone. I don’t know what happened but thanks Verizon. Come on end of 2 year committment!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:08:29 +0000

that sucks..im an alltel customer….and the areas here in michigan that verizon is selling to AT&T i am barely in…so woohoo..looks like i will be at&t customer….any body know exactly when this will happen…..the date? i still have a year and a half left on alltel contract. so im still alltel/verizon….but i know im in the area to be sold to at&t..just wondering if anyone had any input on when this may happen.

By: Kansas

Kansas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:17:58 +0000

Jeremy- just to clear you up a bit I have been doing “some damn research” as you so nicely put it, since being notified of the buyout last year. For ME personally, I like Alltel, if you like Verizon I’m happy for you. MY comment was on the fact we who are being forced over did not have the OPTION to go to another company if we so chose to do so without a termination fee. Verizon DOES NOT have the same plan and features for a cheaper rate that I currently have. I currently have 3 phones, more minutes, more features and 10 My Circle numbers ALL FOR LESS than Verizon wants!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:48:31 +0000

To all you people who think Alltel is way better than Verizon You really need to sit down and look at the plans before you speek. Verizon offers My friends and Family.. same thing as MY circle. Verizons plans are priced cheaper and they do have way better features. So do some damn research before you make comments!!!!