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		trafficlight on Jan 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Can A Free Conference Call Be Free? And in Montana as well when they purchased Alltel in 2009.

EvanKelly on Jan 23, 2012 [–]

I was getting ready to correct you, when I researched the Alltel acquistion.

Verizon purchased Alltel, but was required by the FCC to sell off 105 of the markets, which is where ATT stepped in and bought a bunch of those markets.

FWIW, my Alltel account was switched over to Verizon in 2009.

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