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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)
It is unique, no other plan is currently available that is similar. Strunke 09:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)strunke
I think it should be struck. Regardless of whether it's unique, Wikipedia should not be used as a platform for promoting companies, selling services or promoting stock. That's what a company Web site is for. There is much more on this site that also should be struck. 19:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
The 'My Circle' program and advertising campaign is the only reason I wiki'd this page... because the commercials certainly make it seem as though it's something the other "big 5" are NOT offering... so I thought wiki would be a good place to learn how this company is different than the others (in a neutral POV). So I think it's important to keep this at least until all the other companies make "my faves" like T-mobile did... then it can be a footnote noting that Alltel changed the industry by forcing other companies to adopt the same offers to customers. Robk6364 03:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there *really* a need to provide a listing of all those corporate subsidiaries? Most of them are quite obscure and are not recognizable to the average person. Perhaps that list should be moved to a separate article. – Swid ( talk | edits) 18:59, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I appreciate these links as if Googling a subsidiary, this is one of the few places to find the connections.
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)
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)
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)
Simple Freedom is actually owned by Walmart. Alltel simply provides some back-end opertions.
they will free u of your money —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Citypibb ( talk • contribs) 02:24, August 21, 2007 (UTC).
I removed both the statement about Alltel priding itself on producing shareholder value, and the one saying that producing shareholder value is not always in customer's best interests. I think both are vacuous statements that lend nothing to the article.
absolutely true. they are not customer friendly. If they were they wouldn't hold peoples monies for 3 months and tell me they are taking notes. i want a check-not a note book!(
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)
18:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Tom G.
Commericials
Alltel is the fist cell phone company to make fun of other major companies. It started out when Alltel got look alikes of the cell phone primary advertising characters, after a little bit of trouble, they placed a message right before those commericials saying "THESE ARE LOOK ALIKES". After that Alltel started a series of commercials involving Chad, Alltels spokesman, bragging about Alltel's great service. There are 4 nerdy competitors that they show in the commercial. Verizon, Cingular, T Mobile, and Sprint. It should be noted that the man that plays the Cingular guy plays Eric on Nickelodeon's hit show "Drake and Josh".
Is it just me, or is there a bias on alot of this article? It reads like company PR.
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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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
It is unique, no other plan is currently available that is similar. Strunke 09:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)strunke
I think it should be struck. Regardless of whether it's unique, Wikipedia should not be used as a platform for promoting companies, selling services or promoting stock. That's what a company Web site is for. There is much more on this site that also should be struck. 19:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
The 'My Circle' program and advertising campaign is the only reason I wiki'd this page... because the commercials certainly make it seem as though it's something the other "big 5" are NOT offering... so I thought wiki would be a good place to learn how this company is different than the others (in a neutral POV). So I think it's important to keep this at least until all the other companies make "my faves" like T-mobile did... then it can be a footnote noting that Alltel changed the industry by forcing other companies to adopt the same offers to customers. Robk6364 03:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there *really* a need to provide a listing of all those corporate subsidiaries? Most of them are quite obscure and are not recognizable to the average person. Perhaps that list should be moved to a separate article. – Swid ( talk | edits) 18:59, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I appreciate these links as if Googling a subsidiary, this is one of the few places to find the connections.
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)
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)
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)
Simple Freedom is actually owned by Walmart. Alltel simply provides some back-end opertions.
they will free u of your money —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Citypibb ( talk • contribs) 02:24, August 21, 2007 (UTC).
I removed both the statement about Alltel priding itself on producing shareholder value, and the one saying that producing shareholder value is not always in customer's best interests. I think both are vacuous statements that lend nothing to the article.
absolutely true. they are not customer friendly. If they were they wouldn't hold peoples monies for 3 months and tell me they are taking notes. i want a check-not a note book!(
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)
18:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Tom G.
Commericials
Alltel is the fist cell phone company to make fun of other major companies. It started out when Alltel got look alikes of the cell phone primary advertising characters, after a little bit of trouble, they placed a message right before those commericials saying "THESE ARE LOOK ALIKES". After that Alltel started a series of commercials involving Chad, Alltels spokesman, bragging about Alltel's great service. There are 4 nerdy competitors that they show in the commercial. Verizon, Cingular, T Mobile, and Sprint. It should be noted that the man that plays the Cingular guy plays Eric on Nickelodeon's hit show "Drake and Josh".
Is it just me, or is there a bias on alot of this article? It reads like company PR.
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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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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