At 25 Apr 2008 16:14:13 +0000 Dennis Ferguson wrote:

> What this means is that providing roaming service using a technology
> your own customers don't use doesn't usually make sense. You won't
> make much money from other carriers' customers, and you won't make any
> more money from your own customers since they can't use the other
carrier's
> network. I'll hence bet that Western Wireless may actually have
> had some GSM customers or other contractual commitments that are forcing
> Alltel to keep the network up.


That makes sense- I assume when Alltel bought WW, they'd have inherited
it's contractual obligations as well, like providing roaming service until
year X.