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ace41690 · 10-12-2008, 4:58 PM

I am very confused. I have no sprint service in my house, for the longest time it has always roamed on Alltel 800mhz.. In litchfield country, CT, verizon has always had a 1900mhz pcs license while alltel had the 800. Now, however, i always roam on verizon, alltel is nowhere to be found, and verizon is replacing all of their 1900 equiptment with 800 equiptment.

Connecticut keeps all of its information about cell towers and whatnot on a government website. It says for the tower nearest my house, "remove 9 alltel antennas, remove 12 verizon pcs antennas, add 6 verizon pcs antennas and 6 verizon cellular antennas. All of the other areas around me where verizon had antennas also say remove pcs, add cellular antennas. So clearly verizon has somehow gotten the 800 mhz license from alltel? How is this possible when the merger hasnt even gone through yet??? This all just may cause me to switch to verizon someday since if they're putting 800mhz up all over the place now they are going to beat the crap out of sprint as far as coverage goes.

larry · 10-12-2008, 6:42 PM

No. The FCC has not made a final determination on the deal and even when they do it will still be a while before the merger becomes final.

godsofchaos · 10-12-2008, 6:55 PM

I have heard all kinds of news flying around, however it is still not made public. Maybe day after tomorrow there will be some improvement of this issue.

mframe · 10-12-2008, 7:10 PM

Verizon bought the Litchfield County CT market from Alltel, late last year. It was unrelated to the (pending) total Alltel purchase, this year.

WirelessBeachBum · 10-12-2008, 11:28 PM

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Yes Verizon owns that market now, they usually don't allow roaming on their networks for carriers that have licenses to cover that market. Which is why many smaller carriers oppose the Alltel merger.

ace41690 · 10-12-2008, 11:36 PM

Well, VZW is going to dominate the litchfield hills. Alltel was 800, but they didnt have very many towers. Sprint is 1900, and has a lot of towers all over the place(considering how rural it is) so they always had better coverage than anyone. VZW just started adding pcs here last year, they had almost the same amount of sites as sprint, so coverage was between the two was almost the same, sprint was a lil better. But now vzw is gonna be tops because they're gonna have 800 on a good number of sites. They have already switched most of them out.

MrObvious · 10-14-2008, 3:54 PM

Alltel has a habit of inundating their native areas with towers. I'm not surprised at this.

Heavy Fluid · 10-16-2008, 12:05 AM

I am curious to see if and how long it will be before this happens.

MrObvious · 10-16-2008, 12:37 AM

Probably January. Frankly this waiting game is getting old.

10-12-2008, 4:58 PM	#1
ace41690 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 184 Phone(s): Blackberry Curve 8330, Previous: Sanyo MM8300, Sanyo MM7400, Samsung SPH-M610 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? I am very confused. I have no sprint service in my house, for the longest time it has always roamed on Alltel 800mhz.. In litchfield country, CT, verizon has always had a 1900mhz pcs license while alltel had the 800. Now, however, i always roam on verizon, alltel is nowhere to be found, and verizon is replacing all of their 1900 equiptment with 800 equiptment. Connecticut keeps all of its information about cell towers and whatnot on a government website. It says for the tower nearest my house, "remove 9 alltel antennas, remove 12 verizon pcs antennas, add 6 verizon pcs antennas and 6 verizon cellular antennas. All of the other areas around me where verizon had antennas also say remove pcs, add cellular antennas. So clearly verizon has somehow gotten the 800 mhz license from alltel? How is this possible when the merger hasnt even gone through yet??? This all just may cause me to switch to verizon someday since if they're putting 800mhz up all over the place now they are going to beat the crap out of sprint as far as coverage goes.

10-12-2008, 6:42 PM	#2
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 13,384 Phone(s): LG Rumor 2, Sanyo Katana II Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 29 Thanked 25 Times in 24 Posts Images: 154 My Auctions	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? No. The FCC has not made a final determination on the deal and even when they do it will still be a while before the merger becomes final.

10-12-2008, 6:55 PM	#3
godsofchaos I made my first post! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1 Phone(s): Nokia Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? I have heard all kinds of news flying around, however it is still not made public. Maybe day after tomorrow there will be some improvement of this issue.

10-12-2008, 7:10 PM	#4
mframe Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Western MA Posts: 267 Phone(s): AT&T Tilt (8925), Moto V330, Moto E816, Nokia 3590 Provider(s): AT&T, Alltel U Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? Verizon bought the Litchfield County CT market from Alltel, late last year. It was unrelated to the (pending) total Alltel purchase, this year.

10-12-2008, 11:28 PM	#5
WirelessBeachBum Soylent Green is People Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Posts: 2,804 Phone(s): HTC Touch Pro Provider(s): Alltel Wireless Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My Auctions	Wirelessly posted (Opera Mini on Alltel HTC 6800: Opera/9.50 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.1.11355/786; U; en)) Yes Verizon owns that market now, they usually don't allow roaming on their networks for carriers that have licenses to cover that market. Which is why many smaller carriers oppose the Alltel merger. __________________ WirelessBeachBum Follow Me on Twitter Become a fan on Facebook

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10-12-2008, 11:36 PM	Original Poster #6
ace41690 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 184 Phone(s): Blackberry Curve 8330, Previous: Sanyo MM8300, Sanyo MM7400, Samsung SPH-M610 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? Well, VZW is going to dominate the litchfield hills. Alltel was 800, but they didnt have very many towers. Sprint is 1900, and has a lot of towers all over the place(considering how rural it is) so they always had better coverage than anyone. VZW just started adding pcs here last year, they had almost the same amount of sites as sprint, so coverage was between the two was almost the same, sprint was a lil better. But now vzw is gonna be tops because they're gonna have 800 on a good number of sites. They have already switched most of them out.

10-14-2008, 3:54 PM	#7
MrObvious Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hutchinson, KS Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? Alltel has a habit of inundating their native areas with towers. I'm not surprised at this.

10-16-2008, 12:05 AM	#8
Heavy Fluid Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 175 Phone(s): BlackBerry 9630 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Devices: iMac G5, iPod Touch 2G 16gb, Slacker G2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post My Auctions	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? I am curious to see if and how long it will be before this happens. __________________ I made the switch from GSM back to CDMA. I am happy with the service, but not the phone selection.

10-16-2008, 12:37 AM	#9
MrObvious Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hutchinson, KS Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has Verizon Already Taken Over Alltel? Probably January. Frankly this waiting game is getting old.

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