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Most reliable Push to Talk!!

gunny

Jul 30, 2008, 9:03 AM
Ha Ha who here has seen Verizon's new PTT commercial? It's funny as hell! It has some loser sprint guy with a big yellow phone stuck in concrete, and he's trying to reach someone to get help, but his pos nextel phone doesn't work. Then a verizon guy pulls up and says we all switch to verizons push to talk. Most reliable Push to Talk!

The way verizon advertises I see more sprint bleeding on the horizon.
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MidnightDT

Jul 30, 2008, 9:27 AM
hahah thats awesome. I havent seen it yet but it sounds great 🤣
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ArmySF

Jul 30, 2008, 9:58 AM
🤣 🤣 yeah i saw it Gunny and laughed my ass off!! verizon is bad ass!
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cwcanty

Jul 30, 2008, 11:49 AM
are you and gunny "chirpin" each other yet??
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ArmySF

Jul 30, 2008, 11:55 AM
Nah not yet just chirpin the women and the guys on hofo stated new site for verizon PTT, so we are going to start testing the Boulder a little later today.

http://direct-connect.net/forumdisplay.php?f=26 »


Turns out the wife loves the Adventure so I'm rockin the Boulder! Thank God for no matching phones! 🙂
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cwcanty

Jul 30, 2008, 1:57 PM
Lol...sometimes you just gotta be your own man brotha.
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jrfdsf

Jul 30, 2008, 12:30 PM
gunny said:
Ha Ha who here has seen Verizon's new PTT commercial? It's funny as hell! It has some loser sprint guy with a big yellow phone stuck in concrete, and he's trying to reach someone to get help, but his pos nextel phone doesn't work. Then a verizon guy pulls up and says we all switch to verizons push to talk. Most reliable Push to Talk!

The way verizon advertises I see more sprint bleeding on the horizon.


Ha ha, won't work when the phone lines are down or no cellular signal is available.

This commercial is about as laughable as the one they had in 2003 that claimed their old PTT was the fastest!
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gunny

Jul 30, 2008, 1:04 PM
Ha Ha 🙄 Well I enjoyed the commercial its really funny.... now everyone here knows you're in love with Nextel, but qchat and brewchat work the same way and since Sprint is trying to get everyone off of iden network i don't see your point. i think sprint still has plans of closing down iden by 2012. shrug
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natemc

Jul 30, 2008, 1:09 PM
Good job gunny. Way to shoot the hopes and dreams of another Nextel fanboy.
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AVGMOE

Jul 30, 2008, 4:26 PM
Nextel fanboy list is getting smaller and smaller as the days go by just closed a 20 line port over from nextel with the moto adventure.
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Cellenator

Jul 30, 2008, 4:32 PM
Sweet die sprint die! 🤣
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 8:57 AM
AVGMOE said:
Nextel fanboy list is getting smaller and smaller as the days go by: just closed a 20 line port over from Nextel with the Moto adventure.


Enjoy those ports while you can. Sprint is no longer afraid to do side-by-side comparisons like they were one year ago when doing those silly "light" commercials. They have been successful marketing the Instinct and pulling away some potential iPhone custies. Don't think they won't taut one of their flagship products, like PTT.
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Cellenator

Jul 30, 2008, 4:35 PM
jrfdsf said:


Ha ha, won't work when the phone lines are down or no cellular signal is available.



When does that ever happen, we are on Verizon not sprint! 🙄
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 9:01 AM
Cellenator said:
jrfdsf said:


Ha ha, won't work when the phone lines are down or no cellular signal is available.



When does that ever happen, we are on Verizon not sprint! 🙄


Yeah, "the network" never goes down or fails to have a signal anywhere. I guess those three major outages they had last year in the Chattanooga area were just figments of everyone's imagination.
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natemc

Jul 31, 2008, 9:29 AM
Well at least Verizon still owns a majority of their own towers.....What you got now fanboy! 🤣
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 12:19 PM
natemc said:
Well at least Verizon still owns a majority of their own towers.....What you got now fanboy! 🤣


Sprint didn't sell off their towers, they sold the real estate the towers are sitting on. All carriers do this. It's cheaper to maintain them this way.
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llama

Jul 31, 2008, 12:26 PM
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 12:36 PM
It does.

The Phonescoop version stating that 3300 towers being "all" of their towers is incorrect. SprintNextel own over 50,000+ towers nationwide.

Again, only the tower locations (facilities) is what is being sold, not the antennas or equipment used to run the towers.
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llama

Jul 31, 2008, 12:45 PM
http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=12714 ... »

Sprint Nextel Announces Tower Sale to TowerCo for Approximately $670 Million in Cash
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jul 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) today announced an agreement to sell approximately 3,300 towers to TowerCo for approximately $670 million in cash. Additionally, the two companies have entered into a long term leasing agreement where TowerCo will provide Sprint Nextel with wireless communications towers to support the company's CDMA, iDEN and WiMAX networks.

"By leasing rather than owning these network facilities, we can better focus on our core business of providing communications services to consumers, b...
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:01 PM
llama said:
http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=12714 ... »

Sprint Nextel Announces Tower Sale to TowerCo for Approximately $670 Million in Cash
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jul 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) today announced an agreement to sell approximately 3,300 (not 50,000+) towers to TowerCo for approximately $670 million in cash. Additionally, the two companies have entered into a long term leasing agreement where TowerCo will provide Sprint Nextel with wireless communications towers to support the company's CDMA, iDEN and WiMAX networks.

"By leasing rather than owning these network facilities (not the network itself)
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:02 PM
stop trolling!
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:14 PM
Cellenator said:
stop trolling!


Sorry, been hanging around you too long! 🤣
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:18 PM
its funny how Gunny made a comment about a commercial and you felt compelled to coming running over here with your Nextel flag!
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:20 PM
Cellenator said:
its funny how Gunny made a comment about a commercial and you felt compelled to coming running over here with your Nextel flag!


Yeah, just like you love to run over to the Sprint forum all the time.

"Most reliable PTT network!" 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:22 PM
yeah well that's easy because sprint sucks ass 🤣 man this is like shooting fish in a barrel.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:27 PM
Cellenator said:
yeah well that's easy because sprint sucks ass 🤣 man this is like shooting fish in a barrel.


Yeah, which makes it even worse when you consider they totally OWN Verizon in the PTT area.
1xrtt as fast as Nextel!!!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Can you hear me... yet?
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VZDUB1914

Jul 31, 2008, 12:35 PM
I wonder how many customers we are porting away from Sprint 😲 😳 🤣
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 12:38 PM
VZDUB1914 said:
I wonder how many customers we are porting away from Sprint 😲 😳 🤣


Wonder how many will return a year from now when they discover their PTT phones won't work when "the network" is down?
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VZDUB1914

Jul 31, 2008, 12:43 PM
Those outages you spoke of are rare. I know you're not seriously going to compare Sprint's network with Verizon with regards to quality.

I've had both services in different areas in the country.

It's not even close. 🙄
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:03 PM
VZDUB1914 said:
Those outages you spoke of are rare. I know you're not seriously going to compare Sprint's network with Verizon with regards to quality.

I've had both services in different areas in the country.

It's not even close. 🙄


Network outages are rare anyway, but my point was that Cellenator is wrong when he says they never happen. Hopefully, he was only joking. Who knows?
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natemc

Jul 31, 2008, 1:45 PM
Wonder how many times Nextel's PTT service went down in the past 12 months....I know for a FACT that its been down here in MN before.

Oh and fanboy it did actually go down in LA for the huricane. Nextel had to set up temp service in order for them to work again. Yes they had the first temporary network I will give you that but thats about it.

Just keep being jealous that we actually have a 3G network that covers more area than you do. Also our new PTT service works in more places than yours does...oh did I forget it works on our 1xrtt network also...does Qchat? Didnt think so. Its ok though keep losing a million customers a quarter.
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 2:52 PM
natemc said:
Its ok though keep losing a million customers a quarter.



🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:08 PM
natemc said:
Wonder how many times Nextel's PTT service went down in the past 12 months....I know for a FACT that its been down here in MN before.

Oh and fanboy it did actually go down in LA for the huricane. Nextel had to set up temp service in order for them to work again. Yes they had the first temporary network I will give you that but thats about it.

Just keep being jealous that we actually have a 3G network that covers more area than you do. Also our new PTT service works in more places than yours does...oh did I forget it works on our 1xrtt network also...does Qchat? Didnt think so. Its ok though keep losing a million customers a quarter.


1xrtt= push to wait.

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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:13 PM
Stop talking about what you don't know about. For starters Verizon PTT works extremely well in 1X!! everyone who is testing it is shocked about how well it's performing including myself who has used nextel for years. The speed is just as fast if not faster. And stop with your bs line up sight, qchat can't do that either and nextel is going bye bye.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:16 PM
Cellenator said:
Stop talking about what you don't know about. For starters Verizon PTT works extremely well in 1X!! everyone who is testing it is shocked about how well it's performing including myself who has used nextel for years. The speed is just as fast if not faster...


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Thanks, I neede a good laugh!!!!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ...
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:19 PM
great come back ace. I guess you're underarmed which i knew was the case.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:22 PM
Cellenator said:
great come back ace. I guess you're underarmed which i knew was the case.


Underarmed? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:24 PM
🤣 🤣 got me there ace that's what i like about you bro, you just have to much fun with it like me.
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:15 PM
and for someone who cries all day and night about trolling and posting in other people forum you're so full of crap! your insecurity is glowing
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:18 PM
Cellenator said:
and for someone who cries all day and night about trolling and posting in other people forum you're so full of crap! your insecurity is glowing


Whatever you say, master! 🤣
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:20 PM
Game over for you it will happen every time when you run up against me...now go play with your pos ic502.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:24 PM
Cellenator said:
Game over for you it will happen every time when you run up against me...now go play with your pos ic502.


Thanks, think I will. Lucky for me, my POS 502 will work up in the mountains where your big Verizon phone just says "no service." Oh well, can't win 'em all huh? 😎
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:25 PM
😉 I'll let you know if that ever happens, but me and my G'zOne Boulder will be fine.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 3:29 PM
Cellenator said:
😉 I'll let you know if that ever happens, but me and my G'zOne Boulder will be fine.


Go to Tellico Plains, TN- way up the mountain. It'll happen big time for you.

While you're there, take a ride on the Cherohala skyway. G-Zone will become the dead zone.
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 3:52 PM
it is we're experiencing no difference in latency in 1X, there are very few areas that are not covered by 3G tho.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 4:00 PM
Cellenator said:
it is we're experiencing no difference in latency in 1X, there are very few areas that are not covered by 3G tho.


Unfortunately for you, the judge who heard the case back in 2003 when Nextel sued Verizon for making this false claim, doesn't agree with you.

Neither does Consumer Reports, Phonescoop, Howard Forums, or any other company that has tested VZw old PTT system. Why do you think they upgraded it if it was just as fast?
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 4:07 PM
I'm talking about the New PTT jrfdsf. The few spots where we don't have EVDO we are noticing that 1X does not have any reduced latency with verizon New PTT. We are very pleased. Read up on the forum, verizon PTT is receiving rave reviews.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 4:27 PM
Cellenator said:
I'm talking about the New PTT jrfdsf. The few spots where we don't have EVDO we are noticing that 1X does not have any reduced latency with verizon New PTT. We are very pleased. Read up on the forum, verizon PTT is receiving rave reviews.


This discussion isn't about whether or not Verizon's new PTT system is getting good reviews or not, it's about their claim of being "most reliable."

My point is that this claim is false because their system will fail sooner and more often than will Nextel's.

As for the reviews, I will await Phonescoop's trial.
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 4:49 PM
🤣 No!! This thread is about a commercial! You came in here and starting trolling! Duh...you're the only fool talking about Nextel 🙄 the one that is shutting down in 2012 🙄 the one that millions upon millions of customers are fleeing away from.... thus the reason for failing sprint to launch qchat in the first place to desperately try to save its remaining pissed off customer base. Geez now with qchat and brewcaht being the same which company do you think has a better chance of succeeding? Sprint with its head up its ass that can't hold onto its customers..or Verizon the one with the lowest churn and solid business model.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 5:37 PM
Cellenator said:
🤣 No!! This thread is about a commercial!You came in here and starting trolling! Duh...you're the only fool talking about Nextel 🙄


Which only proves you are the one off-topic, talking about PTT speeds and rave reviews, rather than the merits of the commercial itself.

Cellenator said:
the one that is shutting down in 2012 🙄 the one that millions upon millions of customers are fleeing away from.... thus the reason for failing sprint to launch qchat in the first place to desperately try to save its remaining pissed off customer base.


Amazing how you managed to be wrong on every single point you just made. Truly brilliant! 🙄

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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 9:00 PM
🤣 🤣 🤣 Right that is why just a few months back sprint was considering a sale of Nextel 🙄 and i guess they just launched qchat for no reason then since iden will live forever. pls keep it coming I'm laughing my ass off 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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jrfdsf

Aug 1, 2008, 4:23 PM
Cellenator said:
🤣 🤣 🤣 Right that is why just a few months back sprint was considering a sale of Nextel 🙄 and i guess they just launched qchat for no reason then since iden will live forever. pls keep it coming I'm laughing my ass off 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣


Everything is for sale- at the right price. Sprint is still a business trying to make money, right?

The Nextel sale won't happen because it is still a big part of their revenue.

QChat probably will replace iDEN- someday, but it won't be anytime soon. iDEN is still the fastest and most reliable PTT system out there, and that is why it ain't going away in the near future.

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natemc

Jul 31, 2008, 4:00 PM
I think you should go back to your nursing home ministry....at least people there actually listen to the BS that you have to say. You honestly have no idea what you are talking about.

Your line of site theory is BULLSH*T! If a cell site is completly down its not going to work PERIOD.

Oh and yes Verizon does actually have a larger 3G footprint than Sprint. You do realize that Qchat uses EVDO Rev A right not iden.

Also how does Iden work off network? Just curious...you seem to have all of the answers...

Also we all know that the OLD Verizon PTT network sucked. Thats why they stopped advertising it.

Oh and one more thing to add. You're a moron and a troll and no one really cares.
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jrfdsf

Jul 31, 2008, 4:23 PM
natemc said:
I think you should go back to your nursing home ministry....at least people there actually listen to the BS that you have to say. You honestly have no idea what you are talking about.

Your line of site theory is BULLSH*T! If a cell site is completly down its not going to work PERIOD.


Line of sight is not a theory, it's how Directalk works. It basically is a digital off-network walkie-talkie that works like an FRS radio system. in other words, it doesn't require a network signal to operate. If you have a Verizon phone and are in a place where there's no network signal, your phone doesn't work.

natemc said:
Oh and yes Verizon does actually have a larger 3G footprint than
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 4:51 PM
Troll im not even reading your dribble you have been proved wrong time and time again.
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llama

Jul 31, 2008, 9:08 PM
http://www.nextel.com/assets/pdfs/en/support/guides/ ... »

But if you want to DirectTalk outside your 6 mile range you're SOL, right?

Direct Talk is an all-digital off-network walkie-talkie service that
works anywhere, anytime between compatible phones within a
range of up to 6 miles (Range will vary based on terrain
and conditions). You can make and receive Direct Talk calls
outside of network coverage or network service is not available.
You can talk to anyone on your code and channel within your
range who has a Direct Talk-capable phone.


So other than others local, it's useless, right?
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Cellenator

Jul 31, 2008, 9:31 PM
yup and what troll boy fails to mention is sprints new qchat phones do not offer this...buy a walkie talkie for more range if that is what you need...just go to shows you nextel sucks so bad they need a back up walkie talkie 🙄
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jrfdsf

Aug 1, 2008, 4:12 PM
llama said:
http://www.nextel.com/assets/pdfs/en/support/guides/ ... »

But if you want to DirectTalk outside your 6 mile range you're SOL, right?

Direct Talk is an all-digital off-network walkie-talkie service that
works anywhere, anytime between compatible phones within a
range of up to 6 miles (Range will vary based on terrain
and conditions). You can make and receive Direct Talk calls
outside of network coverage or network service is not available.
You can talk to anyone on your code and channel within your
range who has a Direct Talk-capable phone.


So other than others local, it's useless, right?


It won't work beyond the 6 mile range that it has...
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llama

Aug 1, 2008, 5:54 PM
jrfdsf said:
The only real downside to all this is too bad we can't all PTT each other! ☹️


That is true.
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bigkahunano

Aug 3, 2008, 8:42 PM
WHAT AN OUT AND OUT LIE! BULL ****!!! NEXTEL PTT DID NOT GO OUT DURING KATRINA. I WAS PART OF THE FIRST RESPONDER GROUP AND THE ONLY SERVICE THAT DID WORK WAS NEXTEL PTT. IN ADDITION I HAD OVER $100K IN DAMAGE AT MY HOME AND WAS ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS AND KEPT MY NEIGHBORS THAT ALSO HAD NEXTEL PTT. I WAS ABLE TO NOTIFY THEM WHEN THEY COULD COME BACK HOME (IE: WHEN WE HAD POWER) BUT NEXTEL'S PTT WAS ROCK SOLID DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM. SO STOP YOUR LYING AND TRYING TO PUSH YOUR SECOND CLASS PIECE OF CRAP PTT. VERIZON CAN SAY ALL THEY WANT TO BUT WE THE FIRST RESPONDERS KNOW THE TRUTH AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. AND THE MESSAGE IS IF YOU WANT TRUE RELIABILITY GO NEXTEL. IF YOU W...
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LL Cool Jake

Aug 3, 2008, 8:50 PM
what ever that is why millions are leaving nextel, get a clue guy 🙄
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bigkahunano

Aug 3, 2008, 8:56 PM
Not only do I have a clue. I have the proof, I lived through the tragedy of Katrina, I saw the death and destruction that it brought. In addition I had the damages. I was seperated from my family for over 6 weeks and the only connection I had was Nextel's PTT with my family. I pray that you don't have to live it but I will not stand by and let anyone lie about what really happened and which company worked and which company didn't work. Its not right, just to sell a damn phone. If your going to sell phones then be honest about it. Verizon did NOT work during and after Katrina, nothing worked except for Nextel PTT. Now you should not only get a clue but get a life and pray that you never have to live through it because if you should and you ha...
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AvgJoe

Aug 4, 2008, 11:53 AM
Who cares PTT just makes the leash shorter even yet....... 🤣 🤣 🤣

Great for some business though who need the short leashes on employees.
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