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jayc · 08-01-2003, 6:16 PM

I was activating a prepaid @ verizon the other day and was getting the Walmart simple freedom welcome message... I found out Alltel/walmart use verizon under the Simple freedom name in markets lacking adequate alltel coverage. Pretty interesting I thought. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Airb330 · 08-01-2003, 7:00 PM

Yup, they sell the SF package here and only Verizon serves Delaware. It seems SF is a combo of Alltel and Verizon. They sell the 3585i for SF here now....so why cannot we buy the 3585i for Verizon yet?! Obviously it performs well enough on Verizon and Alltel. I still think FREEUP is better, and the whole calls forwarded to voicemail cost money is BS, that's why my parent's use Virgin Mobile.

WirelessBeachBum · 08-01-2003, 8:39 PM

Alltel, being based in Little Rock as well as Walmart, gives them a really tight relationship. Alltel manages the leases on the wireless kiosk inside the walmart locations...

ComicalMoodyDan · 08-01-2003, 8:42 PM

I don't see why Simple Freedom uses Verizon's Network in this area though. ALLTEL has a good network in this area. It should use ALLTEL and then Verizon as a backup when there is no ALLTEL signal.

roamer1 · 08-01-2003, 9:53 PM

Well...here in Atlanta, Cingular (!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]) has kiosks inside the local Wal*Marts. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

As for why ALLTEL is putting Simple Freedom customers on VZW in the Tri-Cities: Maybe ALLTEL is out of phone numbers for SF customers, or ALLTEL puts ALL customers in TN on VZW (since, after all, there's no ALLTEL in most of TN) to save on roaming costs?

-SC

Airb330 · 08-01-2003, 10:08 PM

It is CIngular/SPCS in DE at walmart (few of them have cell kiosks). The prices are $$$$, 80 something for a 3360! They have some odd plans, 28$ for a plan that is 30$ elsewhere, still not worth the price on the phone. Ugh, wal-marts are taking over the world lol.

Stonecolddsl · 08-01-2003, 11:49 PM

alltel kiosk in walmart in sarasota florida, use to be an att one.

But they dont sell SF there they have a tracfone self serve section some 50 feet away from the alltel kiosk.

MrFlashport · 08-02-2003, 2:10 AM

Interesting, I guess VZW and Alltel have a good "relationship". I know when I spent some time in west Arkansas (specifically speaking of Osceola, Blytheville and Jonesboro) my Verizon phone (a Star-Tac 7868W at the time) showed a flashing "ROAM" but I had excellent service everywhere there (while other carriers such as T-Mobile and Sprint SUCKED). I called *611 and got Verizon customer care, but my phone was on Alltel's network. VZW said my calls were "home rate" under AC so long as my phone had a "fast flashing RM" or "extended network" . Sure enough they were, when I got my bill next month, they all showed to be home area calls even though I was "off network". When I looked at Arkansas, it almost all shows to be "extended" network. I guess it works both ways for Alltel customers on VZW's network?

ComicalMoodyDan · 08-02-2003, 3:30 AM

Yes, Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL have a very strong relationship. The phones and there prices are even very similar also. ALLTEL is pretty much like the regional version of Verizon. On the Wal-Mart note the closest one to me has a ALLTEL office inside it. It's not a kiosk but a actual little office that even takes payments and has a drop box!

jayc · 08-02-2003, 8:06 AM

I like the fact Alltel has so many company stores. This big VZW/Alltel relationship makes Alltel my 2nd favorite carrier. It's quite amusing the Alltel people use VZW as a selling tool...

volley1 · 08-02-2003, 9:30 AM

Help!I have a child that will be going to Auburn and I need to get a celluar sevice plan that will have good coverage from SC to Ala. Any advice? At the present time we have Alltel.
Thanks!

roamer1 · 08-02-2003, 1:24 PM

VZW (ALLTEL customers roam on VZW there), Nextel, and oddly enough, T-Mobile seem to have the best coverage in the Auburn/Opelika area.

The main problem with VZW/ALLTEL in that area is that areas just to the north and east of Aubulika [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] -- including approximately 10 miles of I-85 (i.e., Chambers County) -- are roaming with VZW AC and ALLTEL NF plans. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Still, that roaming is easy enough to avoid -- no digital = don't make or take a call.

-SC

DemoMan · 08-03-2003, 8:20 AM

I think that your child will be perfectly fine with Alltel. Roaming on Verizon is transparent and all of his/her features will work as if they were on the home network. Check out getting a National Freedom Plan....It should work out fine but do be careful as Roamer1 said.....if the Triangle on the phone is solid, you will be charged roaming.....Blinking is free roaming.

Brad

mcf04581 · 08-03-2003, 3:45 PM

Hey roamer1, I just went to your website to see what it was and it said I was visitor #1! Do I win a prize?

08-01-2003, 7:00 PM	#2
Airb330 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 3,526 Phone(s): BB 8330 Provider(s): Sprint PCS Devices: iPod Nano (Black), XM Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Yup, they sell the SF package here and only Verizon serves Delaware. It seems SF is a combo of Alltel and Verizon. They sell the 3585i for SF here now....so why cannot we buy the 3585i for Verizon yet?! Obviously it performs well enough on Verizon and Alltel. I still think FREEUP is better, and the whole calls forwarded to voicemail cost money is BS, that's why my parent's use Virgin Mobile.

08-01-2003, 8:39 PM	#3
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08-01-2003, 8:42 PM	#4
ComicalMoodyDan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 6,069 Phone(s): Samsung Gravity 2, Samsung Smooth Provider(s): T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Devices: T-Mobile @Home Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! I don't see why Simple Freedom uses Verizon's Network in this area though. ALLTEL has a good network in this area. It should use ALLTEL and then Verizon as a backup when there is no ALLTEL signal.

08-01-2003, 9:53 PM	#5
roamer1 In Memoriam Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sandy Springs, GA Posts: 1,749 Phone(s): Palm Treo 680, Sierra AirCard 860, Moto L2 & L6, Nokia 6015i Provider(s): lots of orange, a little Little Rock blue Devices: way too many :) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 2	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Well...here in Atlanta, Cingular (!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]) has kiosks inside the local Wal*Marts. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] As for why ALLTEL is putting Simple Freedom customers on VZW in the Tri-Cities: Maybe ALLTEL is out of phone numbers for SF customers, or ALLTEL puts ALL customers in TN on VZW (since, after all, there's no ALLTEL in most of TN) to save on roaming costs? -SC __________________ "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune sticking it out at you...

08-01-2003, 10:08 PM	#6
Airb330 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 3,526 Phone(s): BB 8330 Provider(s): Sprint PCS Devices: iPod Nano (Black), XM Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! It is CIngular/SPCS in DE at walmart (few of them have cell kiosks). The prices are $$$$, 80 something for a 3360! They have some odd plans, 28$ for a plan that is 30$ elsewhere, still not worth the price on the phone. Ugh, wal-marts are taking over the world lol.

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08-01-2003, 6:16 PM	#1
jayc Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 1,418 Phone(s): Samsung A670, LG VX6100, AirPrime PC 5220 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! I was activating a prepaid @ verizon the other day and was getting the Walmart simple freedom welcome message... I found out Alltel/walmart use verizon under the Simple freedom name in markets lacking adequate alltel coverage. Pretty interesting I thought. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

08-01-2003, 11:49 PM	#7
Stonecolddsl Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sarasota Florida Posts: 20 Phone(s): Samsung R225m Provider(s): T-Mobile. Alltel Devices: Handspring Visor Neo Palm Zire 72 iPod 5,40 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! alltel kiosk in walmart in sarasota florida, use to be an att one. But they dont sell SF there they have a tracfone self serve section some 50 feet away from the alltel kiosk.

08-02-2003, 2:10 AM	#8
MrFlashport Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta/Marietta, GA Posts: 188 Phone(s): Sanyo RL2000 Sprint PCS, Motorola i95c (SL), Motorola V120e (VZW) Provider(s): Sprint PCS, Southern LINC Devices: Motorola XTS3000, MTS2000, several others. Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Interesting, I guess VZW and Alltel have a good "relationship". I know when I spent some time in west Arkansas (specifically speaking of Osceola, Blytheville and Jonesboro) my Verizon phone (a Star-Tac 7868W at the time) showed a flashing "ROAM" but I had excellent service everywhere there (while other carriers such as T-Mobile and Sprint SUCKED). I called *611 and got Verizon customer care, but my phone was on Alltel's network. VZW said my calls were "home rate" under AC so long as my phone had a "fast flashing RM" or "extended network" . Sure enough they were, when I got my bill next month, they all showed to be home area calls even though I was "off network". When I looked at Arkansas, it almost all shows to be "extended" network. I guess it works both ways for Alltel customers on VZW's network?

08-02-2003, 3:30 AM	#9
ComicalMoodyDan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 6,069 Phone(s): Samsung Gravity 2, Samsung Smooth Provider(s): T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Devices: T-Mobile @Home Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Yes, Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL have a very strong relationship. The phones and there prices are even very similar also. ALLTEL is pretty much like the regional version of Verizon. On the Wal-Mart note the closest one to me has a ALLTEL office inside it. It's not a kiosk but a actual little office that even takes payments and has a drop box!

08-02-2003, 8:06 AM	Original Poster #10
jayc Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 1,418 Phone(s): Samsung A670, LG VX6100, AirPrime PC 5220 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! I like the fact Alltel has so many company stores. This big VZW/Alltel relationship makes Alltel my 2nd favorite carrier. It's quite amusing the Alltel people use VZW as a selling tool...

08-02-2003, 9:30 AM	#11
volley1 I made my first post! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Help!I have a child that will be going to Auburn and I need to get a celluar sevice plan that will have good coverage from SC to Ala. Any advice? At the present time we have Alltel. Thanks!

08-02-2003, 1:24 PM	#12
roamer1 In Memoriam Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sandy Springs, GA Posts: 1,749 Phone(s): Palm Treo 680, Sierra AirCard 860, Moto L2 & L6, Nokia 6015i Provider(s): lots of orange, a little Little Rock blue Devices: way too many :) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 2	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! VZW (ALLTEL customers roam on VZW there), Nextel, and oddly enough, T-Mobile seem to have the best coverage in the Auburn/Opelika area. The main problem with VZW/ALLTEL in that area is that areas just to the north and east of Aubulika [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] -- including approximately 10 miles of I-85 (i.e., Chambers County) -- are roaming with VZW AC and ALLTEL NF plans. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Still, that roaming is easy enough to avoid -- no digital = don't make or take a call. -SC __________________ "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune sticking it out at you...

08-03-2003, 8:20 AM	#13
DemoMan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Jonesboro, AR Posts: 332 Phone(s): LG 5450 Provider(s): Alltel Devices: PDA Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! I think that your child will be perfectly fine with Alltel. Roaming on Verizon is transparent and all of his/her features will work as if they were on the home network. Check out getting a National Freedom Plan....It should work out fine but do be careful as Roamer1 said.....if the Triangle on the phone is solid, you will be charged roaming.....Blinking is free roaming. Brad

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mcf04581 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 531 Phone(s): T-Mobile SDA, Motorola Razr V3c, Samsung T-809 Provider(s): T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Alltel Simple freedom? Alltel? VERIZON! Hey roamer1, I just went to your website to see what it was and it said I was visitor #1! Do I win a prize? __________________ To Each Their Own

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