Well even after the WNP there is no merge, i do beleive thought that Verizon is Buying Alltel, I Work at radioshack and Sell Sprint, and Alltel and actually w are now selling Verizon which there is no Verizon in Arkansas, but my roomate works for Alltel. Now we all know that the two carriers are close indeed, Alltel never lets any other cell company use their towers, except Verizon, and there was never any Verizon but as i mentioned above we're going to start selling it because Alltel sold them some towers and they also bought pcs towers in the state. So Alltel and Verizon are most likely to merge, so do not be surprised.