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IS ALLTEL BECOMING NATIONAL????

sowhatsowhat10

May 31, 2006, 10:09 AM
i live in central pa. and alltel hasnt been in my are since waaaayyyy back in the day's early 90's im talking. a few weeks ago i started seeing alltel ads on tv 😳 . the first few i paid no mind to because the channel i was watching wasnt a local channel then BOOM! i flip to another channel and another ad comes. every since then here and there i've been seeing alltel ads on tv none say coming soon or anything of that nature. there isnt any alltel store opening up, and a few family members that like me dont even have alltel in their area say the samething.

is alltel trying to become a national carrier or are these ads just being run for the fun of it?

i know right now the nearest alltel retail store is in virgina or west virginia. abo...
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Protege

May 31, 2006, 10:23 AM
I think they are trying to infiltrate many more markets.
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KrazyJoe

May 31, 2006, 11:44 AM
They've been playing quite a few ads in my area as well. It seems like the ads are being run nationally even though the service isn't offered nationally.
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lorilicious

May 31, 2006, 2:22 PM
yeah i've noticed that! I'm in Nashville Tennessee and there is no alltel service until you get to almost virginia but I still see those ads no TV.. the one with the sprint,cingular,verizon guy and tmobile girl is SO FUNNY!!!
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dca

May 31, 2006, 12:25 PM
Best I can tell, they're still a Tier2 carrier... They're so small you can't even get service with them in Orlando, FL... HAHAHAHA!
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sowhatsowhat10

May 31, 2006, 2:41 PM
okay......so they are just ads being run nationally?
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lorilicious

May 31, 2006, 2:46 PM
apparently.... :p
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dtrazz

May 31, 2006, 3:44 PM
What I find strange is, I am in Minnesota, an I haven't seen a single alltel commercial on TV and they have been in Minnesota for a few months now. πŸ˜•
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sowhatsowhat10

May 31, 2006, 4:42 PM
🀨 maybe the marketing folks are sending ads to the wrong areas. πŸ˜•
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nextel18

Jun 2, 2006, 1:41 PM
Alltel isn’t national, however, with roaming deals that it has been getting (sprint and cingular) it will allow it to grow its footprint without spending the extra money, which in a way gives them a sorta nationwide footprint. They are going to be rapidly growing as soon as their spinoff has been 100% completed so they would be able to focus on wireless.
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sowhatsowhat10

Jun 2, 2006, 5:01 PM
but in my area we cant buy alltel.......why am i seeing commercials
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nextel18

Jun 6, 2006, 9:23 AM
no idea... perhaps they are gearing for it..
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sowhatsowhat10

Jun 8, 2006, 10:57 AM
🀣
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nextel18

Jun 13, 2006, 10:34 AM
or maybe they are doing false advertisment like most of the carriers out there are doing now? 😲
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sowhatsowhat10

Jun 14, 2006, 3:25 PM
🀣

oh so funny
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nextel18

Jun 14, 2006, 4:03 PM
i try πŸ™‚
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alejandro

Jun 2, 2006, 11:52 PM
southern virginia or western west virginia : )
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alternals

Jun 3, 2006, 9:28 AM
They found it was cheaper overall to advertise directly in syndication instead of seperate local networks in alltel markets only. So thats why they show up everywhere, and I beleive as a side effect this helps to make them look bigger than they really are
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alejandro

Jun 3, 2006, 9:37 AM
and appeal for the first time to people who do not like nascar?
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alternals

Jun 3, 2006, 10:11 AM
wouldnt that be the day.... Does that mean they'll no longer carry ryan neuman face plates?? 🀣
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itt

Jun 9, 2006, 11:22 AM
2008 is the day i believe AllTel will be buying US Cellular out. 😲
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krickt

Jun 9, 2006, 11:36 AM
It would be news if it hadn't been an unfounded rumor for the last 5 years. That is......
Fill in the blank.

________________ company is buying out USCC in the next __years.

Find a new one already.
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itt

Jun 9, 2006, 11:37 AM
I don't know about the last 5 years of this so called "rumor", but i did read it in RCWireless or w/e the magazine is called.
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sowhatsowhat10

Jun 10, 2006, 9:23 AM
🀣 🀣 🀣 🀣 🀣
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Tmoman

Jun 13, 2006, 5:39 PM
All i know is alltell has to hire cheap stunt doubles of other carriers because they are so ****y they cant afford to hire their own people!
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allteljensen

Jun 13, 2006, 7:29 PM
cheap stunt doubles...? What are you talking about...lay off the crack, Chachee...

The new bowling commercial has the Cingular dudes getting his head ripped off and the Sprint guy using it as a bowling ball.
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Tmoman

Jun 17, 2006, 1:54 PM
Thats funny! and Ganja is my drug of choice, not crack!
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