Alltel Looking To Sell
It would be as much of a headache as a solution for Verizon
Here are the advantages of a VZW buyout:
1. Immediate expansion of Verizon's EVDO network (Verizon's EVDO towers are only in major metropolitan areas, Alltel has expanded theirs in some more rural locations).
2. A buyout of Allte...
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Even if Verizon doesn't buy Alltel, I think this whole thing is good for midwest/plains state residents.
jskrenes said:
Even if Verizon doesn't buy Alltel, I think this whole thing is good for midwest/plains state residents.
It would depend on who you are. When for mobile service you have the options of Alltel and Verizon, assuming no divestitures took place, which they would be required, vast areas would go from having two choices to one choice. This could also affect other customers as well, as Verizon may try to raise roaming rates of for Sprint and other CDMA carriers, as well as try shutting down Alltel's GSM network, which would adversely affect GSM roamers. Now that Verizon would have a monopoly, they could charge whatever they want. They would have no reason to compete or innovate. In this scenar...
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algorithmplus said:...jskrenes said:
Even if Verizon doesn't buy Alltel, I think this whole thing is good for midwest/plains state residents.
It would depend on who you are. When for mobile service you have the options of Alltel and Verizon, assuming no divestitures took place, which they would be required, vast areas would go from having two choices to one choice. This could also affect other customers as well, as Verizon may try to raise roaming rates of for Sprint and other CDMA carriers, as well as try shutting down Alltel's GSM network, which would adversely affect GSM roamers. Now that Verizon would have a monopoly, they could charge whatever they want. They would have no reason
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SkillciaX said:
What if Verizon were to buy the cdma portion of Alltel's Network, and say AT&T or T-Mobile buys the gsm portion. Could they do that?
I doubt that would be allowed. It would be like buying all the customers of your rival, and selling off *some* coverage to a *new* competitor.
jskrenes said:
And the disadvantages:
1. In areas like South Dakota, where VZW and Alltel are the two major carriers, Verizon would have to decide which towers to keep: their own towers or Alltel's.
2. Juggling a buyout/selloff scenario could be costly, but it could be just as problematic and even less profitable to let Sprint acquire Alltel.
In the case of Verizon acquiring Alltel, I would assume they would keep their own towers. In the case of selling towers, they would also have to sell the customers. I wouldn't assume that "Verizon Wireless is now U.S. Cellular and Alltel is the new Verizon Wireless" would pan out very well (insert any other company for U.S. Cellular).
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Verizon and Alltel also have different philosophies when it comes to tower placement. Verizon shoots for continuous coverage while Alltel looks at areas that have little or no coverage and puts up a tower. So Alltel has kind of a shotgun coverage with great service in some spots and no coverage in others. These two ideas about coverage could be problematic if Verizon acquires Alltel. So who knows what they will do.
And to answer the other question, I live in Yankton and work at the Verizon retailer in town.
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