On Call: Can Verizon make me buy a ne...
27.08.09
It's vital to note that Alltel customers stilted to buy a new phone shouldn't have to do so at their own cost. You should be offered a replacement handset for allowed. If you want a model other than what Verizon is sacrifice, you'll have to buy it. Hopefully, Verizon is contribution a phone that is comparable to your Alltel model. Despondently, I haven't always found that to be the case. When Cingular bought the archetype AT&T Wireless, it offered to supplant my Sony Ericsson with a very focal Nokia. I told them no thanks.
Alltel customers who will privation new phones
Former Alltel customers with an Alltel RIM BlackBerry 8830 who have been gifted to
roam internationally will no longer be competent to roam internationally after January 1, 2010. Those customers may pick out a Verizon Wireless RIM BlackBerry 8830 or a Blackberry Wind-storm at no cost to them. Alternatively, they may keep their widespread Alltel BlackBerry 8830 for home use only. Alltel customers with older handsets who use and/or pay for
Flexible Web will no longer be able to access Animated Web from their
handsets starting September 1. They were offered one of two Samsung phones (exacting model will depend on the guy's geographic area). If they keep their Alltel handset, they won't be qualified to access Mobile Web. Customers who thirst to use Verizon's data services will essential a Verizon-branded handset. Similarly, customers who want to move to a Verizon Wireless rite plan, will also need a Verizon-branded desire. If none of the above scenarios apply to you, please let me recollect. Also, contact Verizon buyer service and ask them to inform you in detail why your current handset isn't compatible. And if Verizon is not oblation you a replacement handset for disenthrall, ask that it do so. After all, it wasn't your idea for the carriers to consolidate, so you shouldn't have to buy a new handset precisely to keep your service.
Source: CNET News