On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:04:53 -0400, "Peter Pan"
<pponvistaNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.Info> wrote:

>Gee, i got an Alltell phone off ebay, changed esn's online, and have been
>happily using an alltel phone on the verizon network for over a year
>odd that most of the posts in that thread say that is factually wrong....

Considering that Alltel is now part of Verizon and is being slowly
integrated into a single network - the idea of an Alltel phone not
being compatible will become more moot as time goes on.

I think that most any Alltel phone can be used on the Verizon network
(the exception may be Page Plus). It might require a firmware upgrade
at a VZW corporate store - but it may work just fine without it.

For several years Alltel and Verizon were almost the same - very
similar plans, features, and for the most part had very liberal
roaming agreements between the two networks. It was a no brainer when
they decided to merge since they were almost a single network anyhow.
Network integration is probably relatively easy. Billing may be
another issue though!