Alltel native service in Columbus, OH????

Alltel does not have native servce in Columbus. You would roam for free on Sprint (preferred) or Verizon. Coverage should not be any problem. Alltel does have native service in Licking County, which borders Franklin County to the east. Once you're a customer, Alltel doesn't seem to care if you move out of their primary service area. They'll let you remain a customer anyway. There is a 50% roaming clause in the customer agreement, but they don't seem to enforce it if you are on Sprint or Verizon. The only downside is that you will not be able to get a Columbus phone number. I'd just switch to National Freedom before moving and tell them to change your billing address afterward.

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Greater Freedom wouldn't be very helpful unless you change to an Ohio number. Otherwise, it will base it off your original number's footprint for GF. National Freedom shouldn't be a problem in the Columbus, OH area, though.

 

I go there often. Coverage is awesome. There are some bad areas in the country, but there was no GSM service and some cdma service. All & all, service was great.