[LUconn]

So if I get lucky and nobody has taken it, can I get it back pretty easily? I've got a 276 area code and it just seems to confuse everyone.

[Hold My Own]

Yeah you have options....but I'd wait a little bit longer

[RubberMallet]

I just switched from Alltel to Verizon in November and to do so, I had to give up my Alltel number. Does this mean if I had only held out I could have ported it? Verizon didn't have access to 434 numbers as of a month ago.

haha

[El Scorcho]

If you look at the date when I originally posted that, they weren't digital.

You mean they didn't have 3G (EVDO) coverage.

All wireless phones have been using digital signals for a while now.

Geez.

[LUconn]

Isn't what they have here not 3G?

[Fumblerooskies]

Isn't what they have here not 3G?

Yes...Alltel has EVDO in our area...the Richmond area has EVDO-RevA...which is a much faster data connection.

[Hold My Own]

If you look at the date when I originally posted that, they weren't digital.

You mean they didn't have 3G (EVDO) coverage.

All wireless phones have been using digital signals for a while now.

Geez.

Yeah that was early 90's when we had to turn in the old school "StarTak's" and get a different phone

[JDUB]

can verizon 3G phones run off of AT&T 3G towers?

[Hold My Own]

no...but dont worry you're getting your own tower here shortly

[LUconn]

yeah Richmond, NOVA and Roanoke all have 3G capabilities with a big hole in central virginia (Alltel territory). It only makes sense once they takeover Alltelville to just color in the rest of the map.

[JDUB]

are we talking about verizon or at&t? I was trying to figure out if verizon people could use the 3G coming off the future tower on HMO's land

[Hold My Own]

More then likely the tower will be able to do 3g but wont be available yet

[El Scorcho]

Isn't what they have here not 3G?

Yes...Alltel has EVDO in our area...the Richmond area has EVDO-RevA...which is a much faster data connection.

3Mb versus 1.5Mb, both of which are theoretical maximums. It varies so wildly with wireless signals that I rarely notice the difference.

Both were always plenty fast enough for me.

[JMUDukes]

Sprint user here.

[Hold My Own]

Sprint user here.

If you have a phone that allows roam only then use that...I used that on my Treo and would connect to my computer using it as a modem using the Altell towers....but shhhhhh

[Fumblerooskies]

Isn't what they have here not 3G?

Yes...Alltel has EVDO in our area...the Richmond area has EVDO-RevA...which is a much faster data connection.

3Mb versus 1.5Mb, both of which are theoretical maximums. It varies so wildly with wireless signals that I rarely notice the difference.

Both were always plenty fast enough for me.

I could tell a significant difference between the EVDO here in town and the Rev-A in Richmond.

[JMUDukes]

Sprint user here.

If you have a phone that allows roam only then use that...I used that on my Treo and would connect to my computer using it as a modem using the Altell towers....but shhhhhh

honestly i hate Sprint. crappy service.

[LUconn]

Yes...Alltel has EVDO in our area...the Richmond area has EVDO-RevA...which is a much faster data connection.

3Mb versus 1.5Mb, both of which are theoretical maximums. It varies so wildly with wireless signals that I rarely notice the difference.

Both were always plenty fast enough for me.

I could tell a significant difference between the EVDO here in town and the Rev-A in Richmond.

Seriously. It's like dialup vs a lower end broadband.

[El Scorcho]

3Mb versus 1.5Mb, both of which are theoretical maximums. It varies so wildly with wireless signals that I rarely notice the difference.

Both were always plenty fast enough for me.

I could tell a significant difference between the EVDO here in town and the Rev-A in Richmond.

Seriously. It's like dialup vs a lower end broadband.

Something must have changed then. Alltel's EVDO was always pretty darn fast in the 'burg when I had it. I had it from the time they turned it on until April of last year.

[Rocketfan]

(Reuters) – AT&T Inc (T.N) is among the bidders for Verizon Wireless' roughly $3 billion in wireless assets the latter must divest as part of its purchase of Alltel Corp, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Others include a joint bid from private-equity firms Carlyle Group (CYL.UL) and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co and a separate bid from Providence Equity Partners LLC, the Journal said.

At least one cable provider also has expressed interest, one of the people told the paper.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/bs_ ... gGg3e573QA

[Hold My Own]

awesome...we'll have zero competition and be paying $300 bucks a month

[RubberMallet]

luckily, my life would be 1000000X easier without a cell phone. although i'd have to start wearing a watch.

[Fumblerooskies]

You AT&T guys are in for a treat:

AT&T’s mobile phone and data subsidiary today announced plans to add new cell sites along U.S. 29 between Lynchburg and Charlottesville this year.

Currently, AT&T mobile phones going north on that corridor lose coverage just north of Amherst, picking up service in a few other spots between there and Charlottesville.

AT&T Mobility also announced plans to upgrade its Lynchburg-area network to its third generation (3G) high-speed data technology. This would allow AT&T customers to use Internet and other data services on their phones or on laptops equipped with AT&T wireless cards faster than AT&T’s current technology allows in Lynchburg. Typical download speeds using the laptop cards range between 700kbps and 1.7 mbps, according to Ellen Webner, AT&T spokeswoman.

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/business ... lle/13123/

[LUconn]

Didn't see that one coming. That was the main reason I didn't go for the BB bold.

[Hold My Own]

Didn't see that one coming. That was the main reason I didn't go for the BB bold.

Yeah they are making a strong push in this market...I know they contacted my family for a tower as well as LU