http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/ Engadget Comments for Verizon "in talks" to buy Alltel for $27 billion http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
As for Alltel: They suck. Let's feed them to VZW.

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"Goes home to cry"]]>Jun 4th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
I am sure this is good for the smaller company’s shareholder but it’s in no way good for consumers.
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Take it easy. Hostile, much?]]>Jun 4th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
T-Mo is ranked #1 in wireless customer care. They were even in the top 50 in Forbes magazine as being #28 (can't remember exactly) out of all the companies in America. Don't even pretend to think Alltel has good customer care. I used to sell for them, and the phone center is WORTHLESS.]]>Jun 4th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
Smart Phone ... Free!!
Family Calling Plan w/900 minutes plus FREE nights & weekends ... $45
Unlimited Texting, Internet, and basic use of your free "smart" phone ... $99 sans lube.

Yeah, I know ... but there's that iphone thing ... my company (corporate overlords) doesn't support the iphone.

Woo hoo!!]]>Jun 4th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
Plus, with a smart phone you can completely eliminate all of VZW's locked down crap they put on their phones, thus avoiding their 'tethering fee' or the 'VZ Navigator fee']]>Jun 4th 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
Not yet...give it about a month.
]]>Jun 4th 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 4th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/AT&T put him up to it.]]>Jun 4th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/
Oh, and seeing as the likes of Sprint/Nextel, AT&T, and various local wireless providers have a good chunk of the market share, I don't think this will make Verizon Wireless any more of a monopoly.
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I'm sure with the current credit situation, private equity may be looking to unload some of it's holdings. If you remember, a lot of private equity deals are heavily financed through debt.]]>Jun 4th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/Jun 5th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/verizon-in-talks-to-buy-alltel-for-27-billion/]]>Jun 4th 2008 5:19PM