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On 2008-02-22, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

> Hmm...I found this on Alltel's group so I think it's ok to respond....
>
> Alltel EVDO unlimited is $25/mo plus some taxes.

But Larry, you're comparing apples to oranges. Voice+data is what we're
talking about here. I want to see voice+data plans. I'm not saying that
what you're talking about is a bad idea... I am curious if Alltel is going to
do an unlimited nationwide plan too.

In Cleveland, Alltel, and GTE Wireless before them, had unlimited
$59.99 local plans for a few years. The one problem with NATIONWIDE
unlimited on Alltel is that they could end up eating a ton of roaming
charges, or have to charge customers for roaming.

Why is this a problem?

Alltel has no footprint in California. There are three HUGE population
centers here: Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. That's why.

> NOONE beats Alltel.....NOONE.

It would be great if they were nationwide. Personally, I would consider
using them (I used Alltel in Cleveland for a while after GTE divested their
Cleveland network to Alltel). And they got a fair amount of coverage by
purchasing Western Wireless CellularONE. But...


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