On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:43:17 -0400, Larc <larc-news@saturnlink.net>
wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:06:24 -0500, LetoII <none@none.net> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:19:44 -0400, Larc <larc-news@saturnlink.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Is it normal for the Roaming signal to show on my RAZR V3a when I'm in
>>>a strong Alltel area outside my home area code? My coverage area is
>>>the same as for National Freedom, which includes most of the US. Yet
>>>I noticed the Roaming signal blinking when I visited a friend this
>>>past week end who lives in the same state, but in a different area
>>>code (he also has Alltel).
>>>
>>>And if I'm always roaming when I'm outside my own area code, how would
>>>I know whether my phone had locked onto an Alltel signal that would be
>>>included in my minutes or that of another cell company that would add
>>>59¢ per minute?
>>>
>>>Thanks for clearing up my confusion.
>>>
>>>Larc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§
>>Without knowing your market code or rate plan, none of these questions
>>are answerable.
>
>V3a phone alerts should mean the same things no matter what the plan,
>but I got my answers, thanks.
>
>>Perhaps you could ask CS for some assistance?
>
>Haven't been able to get any help from them for some time now. It
>seems the only requirement for an Alltel CS job is to be able to say
>"cell phone" in English.
>
>Where are they located? Judging from the accents, my guess would be
>Mexico. Maybe upstairs over a bar in Tijuana...

Actually, Alltel has 19 call centers located in the continental US.
They do outsource the prepaid calls offshore, and a few (less than 5
percent) of contract accounts get routed there if AND ONLY if the
prepay volume is low enough.