Comments on: Could the Verizon-Alltel merger fail?

By: Dusty

Dusty — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:17:33 +0000

Verizon has told me 500 times i cannot hook my prepaid existing alltel account to any pda or smartphone. well guess what? i got my prepaid alltel account to work on an alltel 8130 blackberry pearl. they still tell me its impossible until they read my esn. and they still tell me i cant put any other blackberry on my account. i think theyre full of shit now. customer service my ass. all i can to do find out is try it now. i want to get an 8530 and see if it will hook up just as well.

By: madeline

madeline — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:43:48 +0000

Does anyone know if they are going to officially get rid of u prepaid or if they are going to keep it?? i have been trying to desperately find this answer with no such luck.
Also, if they do keep u-prepaid can we buy a verizon phone since alltel is no longer making phones?
What time does nights and weekends end and begin?
and my last question…can you use a “smartphone” like the blackberry on prepaid plans?
If anyone can answer any of these questions then i will be extremely grateful thanks

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:16:57 +0000

I agree. I doubt there will be a true benifit. I have Alltel’s U-Prepaid and I pay .75 a day for unlimited text messaging and night and weekend minutes. After studying prepaid phone plans, I saw that Inpulse had a bad unlimited plan for prepaid. I love U-Pepaid, and I don’t want to get rid of it. Verizon hasn’t made the best decisions in my opinion, so I doubt they will keep Alltel’s phenomenal prepaid plan. U fans may be forced to suffer.

By: Kasey Henson

Kasey Henson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:11:49 +0000

Sounds good, but are we looking at say $10 + fees = $30 ?

By: russ

russ — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:38:29 +0000

I feel the merger will benefit the prepaid customers because there will be fewer double dialings. Alltel has country coverage (which I like) and Verizon has the more populated areas like most cell phone companies does except Alltel. However you may have to update the PRL (preferred roaming list) on the phone because Alltel phones will roam on the Sprint network before it will roam on the Verizon network.