Alltel commercials blowing up in Colorado:
So when the heck will service be available in my area? Grand Junction, Colorado. Anyone know anything on this? I am looking to pick them up with my company. Thanks in advance!
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Looks like you are just north of Alltel licenses. You can always go into Utah or Colorado Springs and get it and have them change the billing address. Not sure when it will be offered in Grand Junction.
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Cheyenne WY has a retail store you can go up there... you can call them to get there location at 307-637-7716
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It is not worth driving all the way from Grand Junction to Cheyenne WY.....go with a local carrier.
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Alltel doesnt have service in Colorado Springs nor is it even close to Grand Junction. The closest Alltel stores would be Price Utah, Vernal Utah or Durango CO. You would either have to get a Utah or Durango number which would probably be long distance for Grand Junction landlines but that just keeps people that you dont want to talk to from calling you....
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The only way Alltel Wireless can move into northern Colorado is by purchasing more licenses.
I do NOT see Alltel Wireless buying PCS spectrum and building a network due to the high cost. Not going to happen.
The only other option is to purchase companies in the 800/850 MHz range.
Current companies holding in the 800/850 MHz range: Besides Verizon and Cingular
(Northwest) Union Cellular (GSM Company with landlines). Union would need to be willing to sell the wireless and then Alltel would need to convert the market to CDMA. Since the recent network conversions have had high cost to Alltel, I would not see this happening soon.
(Northeast) Viaero Wireless has been in business since 1991, first under the name NE Colorado Cellular, ...
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I do NOT see Alltel Wireless buying PCS spectrum and building a network due to the high cost. Not going to happen.
The only other option is to purchase companies in the 800/850 MHz range.
Current companies holding in the 800/850 MHz range: Besides Verizon and Cingular
(Northwest) Union Cellular (GSM Company with landlines). Union would need to be willing to sell the wireless and then Alltel would need to convert the market to CDMA. Since the recent network conversions have had high cost to Alltel, I would not see this happening soon.
(Northeast) Viaero Wireless has been in business since 1991, first under the name NE Colorado Cellular, ...
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Union Wireless is operating tdma/analog on its Cellular B license and GSM on its PCS license. The Cellular B license would be a perfect fit to Alltels existing coverage because it would fill in the rest of Wyoming, the northwest portion of Colorado and a little tiny spot on the extreme northeast corner of utah. Union's PCS license covers the whole state of wyoming, northwest colorado and north eastern utah. They might run into a little fcc/doj trouble in parts of wyoming and utah because alltel already owns the cellular a side and at least 10 mhz of pcs spectrum and there is only one other significant competitor in most of those areas. Union is a small "family" owned company that has absolutely not plans to sell out. They have been approache...
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