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U.S. Cellular Scales Back PTT

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The real reason for the failure:

Phydeaux

Apr 11, 2007, 1:59 PM
Lack of decent equipment.

All USCC had to offer were LG and Kyocera models that I wouldn't have sold to a customer if I was offered double commission, and the customer offered a 3 year warranty.

The offerings were shoddy for what would be a very, very expensive investment for the average family.

The Nokia 6165i that was going to be a PTT phone for us could've been the phone to save the service about a year ago, but by the time it cleared testing it was just too little, too late.
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alejandro

Apr 12, 2007, 12:25 PM
yeah, us cellular really didn't have their heart in it, but it was more than just the phones. I said in another post that it was not even the M2M excuse. They just realized it was too hard and not worth the effort. A month or 2 before they scaled it back they made it so it would work outside of our area but they didnt want to tell anyone. They were making efforts but they already planning to "shut it down" because they didnt want to try anymore.
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