U.S. Cellular Scales Back PTT
Market Share that Sprint/Nextel has on this...
nextel18 said:
No one has a chance against Sprint/Nextel when it comes to PTT.
Cingular does.
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Their solution even gives Nextel's iDen a run for its money on the technical side of things.
That's just the way it's going...
VoIP could help make PTT better thank Kodiak's solution of trunking voice calls.
RUFF1415 said:nextel18 said:
No one has a chance against Sprint/Nextel when it comes to PTT.
Cingular does.
You expect him to recognize this when he practically worships at the alter of Sprextel?
muchdrama said:RUFF1415 said:nextel18 said:
No one has a chance against Sprint/Nextel when it comes to PTT.
Cingular does.
You expect him to recognize this when he practically worships at the alter of Sprextel?
No, the only things I really expect from Nextel18 is arrogance, ignorance, prejudice and lies.
It has WiMaX, EV-DO, 1xRtt, iDEN, and, yes, even GSM 900/1800 and UMTS 2100 for international roaming (along with TV and radio solutions, more info on those services later).
The phone will be made by Motorola, it will cost approximately $250, it will be available sometime in late 2007, will be the size of a playing card (length, height, and YES, EVEN WIDTH), and will work only on Sprint's network domestically, and the networks of its international roaming partners. The phone will also have 17 megapixel camera, that's right, 17 megapixel camera and the optical zoom will be 200x, with digital zoom to 800x. It is expected to have around 500 gigabytes of ...
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Thank you...I REALLY needed a good laugh today.
...and of course, even after Sprint does all of these wonderous things, they will find a new way to operate retail locations with little to no manpower, as they have all been sold off to being indirect agents, contracted out for minimum wage, or terminated...
RUFF1415 said:muchdrama said:RUFF1415 said:nextel18 said:
No one has a chance against Sprint/Nextel when it comes to PTT.
Cingular does.
You expect him to recognize this when he practically worships at the alter of Sprextel?
No, the only things I really expect from Nextel18 is arrogance, ignorance, prejudice and lies.
Oh. Well, in that case...
I think one important point that everyone misses. When you buy iden phone you get PTT automatically there no charge for it its included in the price plan. If you look at the other carries they charge you extra plus only 10% probably less have PTT feature.
I highly doubt any company would be ok with a construction worker PTT'ing his wife for 8 hours on a day.
This is precisely why most businesses still use Nextels. The PTT can be limited to just that, and even the nationwide feature can be limited. Much more difficult to track phone calls made by employees to folks other than those who have "in" plans.
I think Sprint would have better going with the merger by updating the Sprint CDMA network. They should have made sure there was Sprint CDMA coverage everywhere there was Nextel iDEN coverage, and then make sure the entire network was EV-DO Rev a, or even Rev b. Then they should have simply began a phase-out of the company's iDEN services, migrating ALL iDEN customers to CDMA.
This could have been an opportunity to make a deal with affiliate to take Nextel customers in no-compete markets. However, Sprint may have wanted to gain control of the affiliates, I'm not sure.
Instead, they're making the networks compatible, including contracting devices that work with both netwo...
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With regarding their technology choices, they were actually forced by the FCC to deploy some kind of network on their 2.5GHZ band or lose it.
nextel18 said:
Well their PTT is horrible from the beginning but I was talking about the combined company on the IDEN side. Qchat will be a great PTT when it will be out next year.
With regarding their technology choices, they were actually forced by the FCC to deploy some kind of network on their 2.5GHZ band or lose it.
You HOPE Qchat will be great.
Let's not pop the the cork on the bubbly before the verdict is in.
nextel18 said:
Sprint/Nextel have way too much market share in this area so that is why we have seen a lot of companies trying to deploy a PTT solution/product but failing and US Cellular is another company who has taken that step. I think it is a good decision by them because they should offer products and services that they know what’s best such as what is mentioned in the article about m2m. No one has a chance against Sprint/Nextel when it comes to PTT.
Blah, blah, blah...
It's like a broken record.
Of COURSE other providers have a chance against Sprextel in regards to PTT.
Don't be daft.
I believe texting is a fad that will go away in a couple of years. Slow and pointless. Free M2M, on the other hand, might be a different story.
I guess you have never taken the time to learn T9 or Sure Type. Sorry if you are behind the curve. In a few years when you are still using your precious Nextel PTT phone and get NO reply to your annoying barged call, then MAYBE you will finally realize how stupid your reply was.
Two-way walkie talkies, whether it's Nextel's IDEN, or traditional police radios aren't going to be replaced with something that's slower and less efficient.
I still say that two years from now, nobody's going to care about texting, especially as it will be banned from schools, and unlimited calling across carriers be...
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jrfdsf said:
I still say that two years from now, nobody's going to care about texting, especially as it will be banned from schools, and unlimited calling across carriers begins to become more prevalent.
I think you're waaaay off base with this thinking. Text and multimedia messaging has exploded in the past few years and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Usage across the globe has been on the rise in leaps in bounds year over year.
And as far as text messaging being banned in certain places...it already has been. And trust me, that certainly hasn't kept anybody from doing it.
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