Comments on: Pay-As-You-Go Faceoff: Alltel vs. AT&T

By: Zee

Zee — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:28:15 +0000

I dunno, I use T-mobile prepaid and I’m happy with it.

By: William Reynolds

William Reynolds — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:05:18 +0000

I think for any pay as you go plan you should get unlimited calling weekends all the time.

By: Whatabout

Whatabout — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:40:26 +0000

I’ll call shenanigans on this because AT&T technically does not charge $1 per day. It charges $1 per day that the phone is used. Now, this would only benefit someone who doesn’t use the phone every day, but it isn’t a fair comparison without mentioning this difference from Alltel, which charges $.75 a day regardless of whether the phone is used or not. FWIIW

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:33:30 +0000

i use mainly texting so alltel is the best for me in my opinion because free texting and i dont call many people on my cell so i also got the 1 person unlimited calling. so with the phone ativation fee and miniumn fee it averaged out to be 79.99 and all i have to do is pay 30 dollars a month because i dont call any one compared to other company’s this beats them all in price.

By: ThinkingJim

ThinkingJim — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:16:57 +0000

I know this piece is about six months old, but still.

How do you figure it’s only a $10 discount for AT&T’s 3000-minute N&W bundle? A $10 discount off their 3000-minute ten-cent rate would be $290, as 3000 minutes at ten cents per would come to $300, not $30. It’s still not the best deal, but in general, you get the quality that you pay for.

If you never leave your home area (due to spotty roaming coverage and double-dialing), don’t mind poor network reliability, and if you’re content with hit-or-miss text messaging, Alltel prepaid is just fine.

It seems like a good deal on paper, but if you don’t regularly use a particular network there are too many unseen variables to credibly judge one service over another.

And any expense estimations should be made with the caveat of “everything else being equal.” When it comes to Alltel and AT&T, they’re not even close.