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A little late to the party, aren’t you, Alltel? It’s been a couple of weeks now, and the four wireless companies bigger than you in the U.S. have launched unlimited plans. Not only that, but No. 4 carrier T-Mobile added unlimited texting to the deal, and No. 3 carrier Sprint sweetened the pot with unlimited Web, email, texting, and a few other extras. So what did Alltel, the nation’s No. 5 carrier, do to have itself stand up against the rest of the competition? Nothing, really. Their plan mimics those of AT&T and Verizon, which is unlimited talk for $99, with all extras coming at a cost.

I actually looked for a press release on this, but according to RCR Wireless News, there was none. This is because the company seemingly did this out of obligation. They’d rather promote their MyCircle plans, which have recently been updated (if you haven’t seen the commercials already).

Oh, and smartphone users can’t use the plan. Nor can prepaid users. So this seems like a begrudged effort by Alltel. No wonder they didn’t go all out in creating an unlimited plan. In fact, maybe they would have been better off not creating one at all.

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