AT&T Buying Assets from Verizon Wireless

AT&T is buying up some Verizon assets but mostly Alltel; the reason for the sell-off is Verizon had to sell some of their assets so the government would approve Verizon's buying of Alltel in January. The merger between Alltel and Verizon created the biggest wireless provider in the US. The government regulates the industry so one company doesn't get so large that they can monopolize an industry (which would make prices higher because of lack of competition). I already have AT&T so I don't think I'll be experiencing any changes. I have also been in contact with AT&T in the last few days and they didn't mention that I'd need to change anything. You never know - your cost could go down, but you'll probably end up paying close to what you are paying now. A helpful hint if you are changed to AT&T: Check the website periodically for the plans/services. I had unlimited texting/media and last week I saw that they renamed that service and it cost $5 less than before. If I hadn't seen it online and contacted them, I would have continued paying the higher priced package. So if you sign up for a service and they later lower the cost of that service, you don't get the savings unless you know about it and contact them. I have always received good customer service with AT&T when I've contacted them.