Comments on: Verizon gets hungry for Alltel http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/06/09/verizon-gets-hungry-for-alltel/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ann Treacy http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/06/09/verizon-gets-hungry-for-alltel/#comment-3515 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:52:31 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=735#comment-3515 Thanks to Ann Higgins for sending a follow up on the Verizon/Alltel relationship: http://www.telecommagazine.com/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_4246

Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon. I am a Vodafone user in Ireland. Cell phones (aka mobiles here) are a different animal. People text a ton more – everyone, and I mean everyone, has a cell phone. I think part of the reason is that they pay-as-they-go and don’t have to sign big contracts. The price of a call seems much higher here.

I just wonder if the Vodafone connection will change the service and use of cell phone back home.

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