yea, I don't think Alltel offers any plans for customers in the New England states, I
would consider switching too. The more I read about the practices employed by
Verizon-things like what you are saying about killing tethering...disabling bluetooth
functionality on handsets, such as blocking file transfer-the less I like the way they
run their business, and I have been a pretty dedicated customer for 8 or so years.
Smotes of Ma Bell & other monopolies: they are the biggest & if you plan on using
your phone anywhere outside a major metropolitan area or interstate they are the
only coverage you can go with.
Updating my earlier post: received the kyocera slider I ordered off ebay yesterday, but
the earpiece volume is whisper soft so am returning to seller who said they would
replace. Didn't even get to try w/my data cable, when I get my 'new' used phone will
let everyone know if my ability to tether via USB has been blocked :(
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yahoogroups.com, Jim Saklad <jimdoc...> wrote:
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> > I did find out something exciting though and I will likely switch to
> > Alltel. $50 for 1,000 minutes, $6 to add MOU, another $7 for 7pm calling.
> > This is only $3 more than my Verizon plan for 900 minutes and a vastly
> > better deal for me.
> >
> > For those who have never heard of them, they are a CDMA carrier with
> > their own towers. But I believe that they mostly use existing Verizon
> > towers. For example, they told me that they will be 100% EV-DO in a few
> > months - just as Verizon is planning.
>
> This sounded really interesting, so I just went to Alltel's site and
> browsed around.
>
> Apparently, according to their own maps, you can't get Alltel Broadband in
> Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, almost all of
> Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or Maryland.
>
> Or - where I may eventually move - Oregon.
>
> **SIGH**
>
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