ALLTEL Wireless User Reviews

Pros: Signal Strength:
I get signal in places where my friends on Sprint, Cingular, and Verizon get nothing. I get service in elevators, at the lake, way out in the woods while hunting, in the city and in rural places. I have used Alltel for the last 5 years and have had less than 10 dropped calls over that time period. I have traveled to Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Florida by road and never had a place where I got no signal.

Plans:
MyCircle (you select 5, 10, or 20 numbers which a

Cons: The selection of phones that use a SIM card is small, meaning that you can't use most of their phones when traveling internationally.

Summary: Alltel beats all other providers at signal strength, plans, and pricing. If you purchase a plan that actually has enough minutes in the first place and you pay your bills when they are due, you will have an excellent experience with Alltel. Most of the negative reviews below talk about terrible customer service and bill collections, but if you read carefully you will see that these "service issues" stem from inability to choose the proper plan or failure to pay bills on time. One final thought: the provider is only as good as the phone you buy...if you buy a $0.99 phone, you'll have a $0.99 experience, but if you get something middle of the road and up, it'll be great.

Pros: none

Cons: Poor quality phone/service

Summary: I got three phones (kyocera)the rep. told me these were good phones, no problems. They are CRAP, do not buy this brand. The phone shuts itself off, won't hold a charge, doesn't always let you know when you have a voice mail, and many more problems. I have bought 5 car chargers, and all of them were crap and only worked from 2 weeks to three months, at $15.00 each!
The phone makes a bunch of clicking noises, just like the old rotery dial before connecting. Many dropped calls, and often my phone will be searching for the signal...at my home, where it gets the signal the rest of the time. This is not a weather related issue, sunny and the tower is only about a mile or so away.
I tried to drop the third line when my son join the military and went overseas, since he wouldn't be able to use it there...they wanted me to pay over $200 to drop it. The government needs to address this issue as well as the fact that each carrier makes you use THEIR phone. We don't have that restrictions with land line phone companies, why are cell providers allowed to have individual monopolies?
I can't wait, only a few more weeks and I can throw out the trash phones and find a carrier that will provide decent service.

Pros: none now.

A few years back Alltel had better reception and coverage than other plans, probably not true today.

Cons: Obnoxious collections people, worthless complaints department and Obstinance of supervisors to appropriately address customer complaints.

They text you Alltel advertisment messages when you have a voice only phone plan, then charge you for opening the text, or deleting it.

They try to sneak services, like Roadside assistance into your phone bill, I got it stopped, but when I changed numbers they re-applied the Roadside assistance, despite my stating not to have the feature up front

Summary: I live in Ohio and work in Michigan. Alltel customer 4 years never missed a payment. We mailed payment last May 2007 it did not get processed by Alltel contractor. Alltell collections personnell harrassed me 2 times, once after I had already in writing complained to Alltel and the BBB regarding the issue.

I explained the payment in full would be re-mailed with the June payment, they disconnected my service. I discussed the situation with a biling coordinator who stated I was a loyal customer and she apologized for the inconvenience and reinstated service. One day later, while at a conference out of state my phone suddenly had problems charging the battery (never had a problem till Alltel disconnected service the day before). Other things happened, then Alltel disconnected service again prior to the June Due date; although when I returned home I found Alltel had already recieved payment prior to disconnecting service a second time.

I requested Alltel let me turn in the phones and cancel the contract due to their disrespect and voiding the contract by disconnecting service on a paid account; the Alltel representative, refused ( she said I could pay a $400 fee to terminate the contract early).

All during this situation, Alltel has that fraudulant commercial about switching "plans" (implying you can switch carriers) without fees.

Whever I complained, odd things began happening with my phone and signals.

Never use Alltel. My contract ends this June 2008 and I will be gone from them.

Pros: NONE!

Cons: They gave me a junk phone, and a plan that didn't even exist. By the time I found out the Alltel Rep. had given me a fake plan I had already racked up a $200 bill, because they just changed my plan without notifying me, because the plan I signed up for didn't exist. Then they changed my plan again and I had to pay $20 dollars a month more to get LESS minutes than I had signed up for! Their customer service reps are very rude, their managers are even more rude! After 3 months I disconnected m

Summary: This is the WORST company EVER! They have cheap phones, bad customer service, bad plans, no plans with 100% no roaming! I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone!!! I gave them more than enough time to make things right, but it never happened! VERY UNSATISFIED!!!!!

Pros: None over any other cellular company

Cons: Plans and phones are more expensive. In my opinion practices are unethical and very anti customer oriented.

Summary: I bought a phone which was still under warranty when it broke. We went to the Alltel office and they informed me that we would receive a replacement phone in the mail which we did. After receiving the replacement phone we went back to the Alltel office to have it activated. The replacement phone did not work either. We returned to the Alltel office and they again told us we would receive a replacement phone in the mail which we did. After receiving this phone we again returned to the Alltel office to have the new replacement phone activated. At this time we shipped both non working phones in the same box back to Alltel. They received the package by their own admission. The next thing I know I am being charged $599.99 for a used phone and $49.50 in taxes for a total of $649.49 for, and I repeat a used phone. I contacted Alltel and they said they only received one phone. I explained to them if they got one phone they got both phones as they were shipped in the same box. They said I should have sent them in seperate boxes. It messes up their system to send in one box. I have spoken with them 4 times about this situation. In the meantime they have shut off my service for a phone in which they have received and I do not owe for. Not to mention my phone was shut off 15 days into my billing cycle but yet they want to to pay for the whole month when they shut off the service because of their own stupidity and ineffective business practices. In effect breaking our contract. Yeahh for me. I have been a customer for 11 years with a phone bill of over 200.00 per month and this is how I was treated. Please use another cellular company to avoid this type of ordeal that I have experienced with Alltel.

Pros: The only pro is the price of the plans and the my circle where you can call 10 people of your choice for free.

Cons: The cons are the fact that you have to pay full price for your phone if ur phone breaks. My friends use verizon and tmobile and although they didnt get completely free phones, they didnt have to pay retail on them. Another BIG CON is the fact that if you get any smart phone like a blackberry, you have to get a blackberry plan which costs 45 dollars a month. I learned this the hard way when I broke my phone and got a blackberry phone, they started charging me 45 dollars a month. I called them and

Summary: The cons are the fact that you have to pay full price for your phone if ur phone breaks. My friends use verizon and tmobile and although they didnt get completely free phones, they didnt have to pay retail on them. Another BIG CON is the fact that if you get any smart phone like a blackberry, you have to get a blackberry plan which costs 45 dollars a month. I learned this the hard way when I broke my phone and got a blackberry phone, they started charging me 45 dollars a month. I called them and asked them why they didnt tell me about this before when I activated my phone, and they said that it wasnt their fault. So yeah, if u want cheap service without an all round carrier go for alltel, or else dont waste ur money behind it.

Pros: I don't have any pros

Cons: Everybody fall al over you until you have a problem

Summary: I have been a customer for over 13 years. No problems. I upgraded last year and all of a sudden I cannot get signals where I could always get them before. I tried over and over to get some solution to this problem and encountered the rudest group of people I have ever met. Not one was willing to even try until my 6' 2" husband went in and threatened them. They had been verbally abusive to me on several occasions. When my contract is up, I will never use Altell again

Pros: at times, reception can be good

Cons: impossible to get out of contract, website is clumsy and not updated well, high priced plans

Summary: Do not use Alltel wireless and avoid their predatory business practices at all costs. Unlike many major carriers, they do not allow you to get out of your contract if you move to an area with no Alltel service, nor do they even attempt to work with you. Their solution to my problem was to "just ride out the rest of your contract even if you never use the phone." Why pay for something that you aren't going to use? The reason for this is so that they continue to make money off of you. Deal with any other company first before going to Alltel, please!

Summary: My daughter was shocked by her Motoroloa E815 phone. She did not have it plugged into a phone charger, she doesn't have one for her car.

I went to replace the phone at Alltel. I have paid insurance on this phone. The attendant at the store checked for water damage and there was none. They made me call the insurance co. for approval. They approved.

The Alltel store, by company policy, would not sell me a different phone. They said they have the E815 in stock so therefore that is the one I would have to take!!!!

I contacted Motorola and they replaced the phone with a different model. They are looking at the old phone to see what caused the problem.

MOTOROLA IS FIRST CLASS!!!!

There are not enough negative adjectives to sufficiently describe Alltel. The short statement is;

ALLTEL STINKS!!@#$#@$@#$

Pros: Great customer service, good response time, good coverage, great plan

Cons: none to date

Summary: I manage a 35 line Alltel cell account for our company. We have a great customer service rep and all my requests are answered in a timely manner. She explains options and gives us great service. To date, we are exceptionally pleased with the plan and service provided by Alltel.