Talk:Alltel

message: *On April 21, 2006 Alltel launched a unique program called "My Circle".
I don't think this program is very unique - as it is simply MCI's old "Friends and Family" plan made for wireless networks.  Anyone else agree? 70.106.220.156 19:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "My Circle" 

message: I'd like to see a section on their slogans and advertising campaigns. Their latest campaign featuring look-alike spokepeople for Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint is pretty entertaining. (And something they got in legal hot water for, too) --Navstar 03:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yeah! The commercials where the Alltel guy hangs out with the other brands' logos. That should be mentioned. loulou 00:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, thats the whole reason I looked this up. im dissapointed it wasnt there :/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.231.189.189 (talk) 06:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising section 

message: Would the person from 206.82.89.114 please stop adding NPOV bashing to the opening paragraph. Jonathan Auer 17:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  206.82.89.114 - NPOV/Vandal 

message: Should the result of 0% ALLTEL reciveed (the lowest in the study) in the 2004 Human rights campagin be added to the page?--Cosmoincarlow 15:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Have there been any more recent studies like that?? If so it may warrant inclusion....Strunke (talk) 07:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporate Equality Index 

message: Simple Freedom is actually owned by Walmart. Alltel simply provides some back-end opertions.
:It uses Alltel's network and Walmart really only provides some CS and a place to sell it. Strunke 22:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple Freedom 

message: Alltel's prepay service is NOT the only prepay service that allows subscribers to roam on other networks.  I am a T-Mobile To Go subscriber, and T-Mobile just recently opened up some of their Cingular roaming to their prepaid subscribers.
TimothyOnline 05:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixing that.... Strunke 22:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  U Prepaid 

message: I found it odd that this original artical (at least the one I read) included California as one of the states served by Alltel. On the map it shows some small portion of California being served, but that area served is Death Valley and the Imperial Valley. Together they have less that 100,000 people, or 0.3% of the population of California. The amout of customers they have is minimal.
:It's not about whether they serve a signifigant amount of people there. It is just a matter of fact that they have service there. For instance, Verizon only serves a similar percentage of Nebraska, but it would still be included because they are in one city there. The wikipedia article follows the facts of corporation.Strunke 19:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: California?

message: I wonder if anybody knows to why Alltel is banned from NASCAR because the article does not seem to mention it. I guess it will be nice to put a little bit of explanation considering that a ban usually happens to cigarette companies, not a telecommunication one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pboy2k5 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know anything about it. I think their "team" just won the daytona right? Not sure how it can be banned then. Maybe ask the person that added the NASCAR section. Strunke (talk) 05:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, SineBot actually signed me since I forgot to put the quad-tilde. Anyway, about the Daytona thing. If you check Ryan Newman, the article explains that because of the grandfather clause, he is allowed to have Alltel sticker on his car even after the company is banned from NASCAR. Oh, a little bit of self-promotion. Since Ryan Newman is a Purdue grad like me, I just want to congratulate him on winning the 50th Daytona. Pboy2k5 (talk) 06:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Careful you will get accused of being a corporate shill. But seriously, i don't understand the why they aren't allowed to anyway. Maybe that would be a good project to provide a more thorough sub section. Hmm...Strunke (talk) 08:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Got it. I decided to read the grandfather clause entry and it seems that the usage of "ban" is indeed misleading. Here's why: NEXTEL is currently the primary sponsor of NASCAR and they happen to be a telecommunication company. Obviously they want an exclusive right on placing their ads on the cars which means that other companies with similar business orientation would not be allowed. Basically we could imagine that an event sponsored by McD would not want to put a BK ads in it, or, any Pepsi financed shows would not sell Coke at all. If I may quote what Lord Cutler Beckett mummed before his ship sunked, "it's just good business," after all. Pboy2k5 (talk) 11:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh okay, that makes sense. So really Alltel is just getting lucky having their name in there.Strunke (talk) 21:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banned from NASCAR 

message: Reference 8 is not working. Can someone fix it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.118.214.143 (talk) 19:45, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 8 

message: One thing I am going to miss about Alltel are the commercials with the telephone network geeks.  Now that thee merger with Verizon, what happens with the geeks? --Bushido Hacks (talk) 02:46, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not sure, but if they keep the "geeks" then albeit they will either remove Chad ( :-( ) or they will make him the Verizon guy ( :-) ) or (even more likely) they will just keep their "It's the Network" commercial and phase out the geeks altogether ( :-( x2 ). [|Retro00064 | (talk/contribs) |] 09:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Happens to Chad? 

message: I worked on the section to clean it up to an extent, but it could still do with tidying up some more, including citing sources for the numbers of customers involved.
ClickRick (talk) 12:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  8 May 2009 news re AT&T 

message: I called their business and residential phone numbers shown here (http://www.alltel.com/wps/portal/AlltelPublic/Content?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/Personal/home/p/customerservice/contactus/dscontact+us/) and both times a recording said that they had merged with VZW and that I should call them. Maybe they made this judgment by my CallerID (ANI) digits.  I cannot find a coverage map on their web site. I tried entering random zip codes to see if they had service and 33333 worked, so maybe they still cover rural areas, but I'm hoping a knowledgable person will confirm this.  Phil 24.25.206.15 (talk) 01:41, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does This Company Still Exist as a MNO? 

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