Hybrid PRL

[USAF_pride]

Does anyone have a copy of this that I can try out. Alltel won't push it to me for some reason.

[wyodog]

This link might have what you're looking for:
The Answerman's License To Rant

[tsguy52]

Originally Posted by USAF_pride

Does anyone have a copy of this that I can try out. Alltel won't push it to me for some reason.

Why do you need it? You have an Alltel phone and Alltel account??

This is for VZW devices only. It prioritizes Alltel SIDs above VZW SIDs (towers), which is what your current Alltel PRL does anyway.

[i_hiker]

What former Alltel customers who have kept their Alltel plans need is a hybrid that prefers VZW towers. VZW has diminished our service by the elimination of the Sprint towers before tower convergence has been completed. Meanwhile, we're still paying the same price and even if we wanted to switch to a VZW plan, we would have to buy new phones if we don't qualify for an upgrade. The elimination of the Sprint towers has been a major problem for former Alltel customers in my area and a responsible solution is in order until tower convergence occurs.

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[tsguy52]

A hybrid PRL so you can use VZW towers? Don't think you want to do this at this point.

You can change your plan to another Alltel plan with no problem. Why would you even want to go to a VZW plan? Makes no sense.

Sprint roaming agreements were good for a lot of customers and VZW will be filling in the gaps in the future.

[i_hiker]

Originally Posted by tsguy52

A hybrid PRL so you can use VZW towers? Don't think you want to do this at this point.

You can change your plan to another Alltel plan with no problem. Why would you even want to go to a VZW plan? Makes no sense.

Sprint roaming agreements were good for a lot of customers and VZW will be filling in the gaps in the future.

The reason for this is so I can use my phone from my house in Florida. I don't know about you, but having a good signal at my house makes perfect sense to me. A VZW phone with a VZW PRL works fine. With the removal of the Sprint towers from the Alltel options, my phone barely works at my Florida house with signal fluctuations that usually result in garbled conversations and dropped calls. Fortunately, I've been in the Boone, NC area a good bit of the summer where I've had great reception. I'll be back in Florida for most of the winter and hoped that tower convergence would have happened by now.

When you say "VZW will be filling in the gaps in the future," what exactly does that mean? From my point of view, VZW bought a perfectly good company and then down graded the signal quality of many Alltel customers by eliminating the Sprint towers. To add insult to injury, I still pay the same price for a diminished inferior phone signal, I cannot switch to a VZW plan without buying new phones, and there is not the slightest hint of a confirmed date for tower convergence. At least VZW has quit running the "Better Together" ads in the local newspaper.

[i_hiker]

Originally Posted by USAF_pride

Does anyone have a copy of this that I can try out. Alltel won't push it to me for some reason.

tsguy was correct...the hybrid is for VZW users to prefer Alltel towers and you are already on them. A hybrid PRL was pushed to my phone by someone who did not understand this and it made absolutely no difference.

[tsguy52]

Originally Posted by i_hiker

The reason for this is so I can use my phone from my house in Florida. I don't know about you, but having a good signal at my house makes perfect sense to me. A VZW phone with a VZW PRL works fine. With the removal of the Sprint towers from the Alltel options, my phone barely works at my Florida house with signal fluctuations that usually result in garbled conversations and dropped calls. Fortunately, I've been in the Boone, NC area a good bit of the summer where I've had great reception. I'll be back in Florida for most of the winter and hoped that tower convergence would have happened by now.

When you say "VZW will be filling in the gaps in the future," what exactly does that mean? From my point of view, VZW bought a perfectly good company and then down graded the signal quality of many Alltel customers by eliminating the Sprint towers. To add insult to injury, I still pay the same price for a diminished inferior phone signal, I cannot switch to a VZW plan without buying new phones, and there is not the slightest hint of a confirmed date for tower convergence. At least VZW has quit running the "Better Together" ads in the local newspaper.

You "should" be using both Alltel and VZW towers, but VZW will still be on the 2nd part of the list until the networks are merged. I've seen cases where towers have been turned off for what ever reason. I cannot give you an honest technical answer on why all this has to be done or when it will be done.

I'm saying VZW will be filling gaps by looking at the areas affected by the Sprint drop and hopefully put something there to make up for it.

We all were told that there would be no changes and everything will stay the same. So we were told BS obviously after seeing some of the cases.

That is an interesting idea though.. about the Alltel/VZW hybrid.

[i_hiker]

Originally Posted by tsguy52

You "should" be using both Alltel and VZW towers, but VZW will still be on the 2nd part of the list until the networks are merged. I've seen cases where towers have been turned off for what ever reason. I cannot give you an honest technical answer on why all this has to be done or when it will be done.

I'm saying VZW will be filling gaps by looking at the areas affected by the Sprint drop and hopefully put something there to make up for it.

We all were told that there would be no changes and everything will stay the same. So we were told BS obviously after seeing some of the cases.

That is an interesting idea though.. about the Alltel/VZW hybrid.

Thanks for the response and the honesty. It was apparent early on as the dust settled on this merger that there were, and still are, issues to be worked out. My device is definitely not locking onto the VZW tower .7 mile from my house...hybrid or Alltel PRL...makes no difference. Replaced device...same problem.

[tsguy52]

Originally Posted by i_hiker

Thanks for the response and the honesty. It was apparent early on as the dust settled on this merger that there were, and still are, issues to be worked out. My device is definitely not locking onto the VZW tower .7 mile from my house...hybrid or Alltel PRL...makes no difference. Replaced device...same problem.

You may be able to find the SID that tower uses and program that in your phone and switch it to "Home Only." Have you tried that yet?

#HELP* will show your information for your current SID.

[i_hiker]

Thanks for the suggestion...I'll look into it.

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