PTT Why?
What is the benifite of the PTT? As far as i can tell its worse than just making a call. As i understand it the PTT is half duplex so only one person can be talking at a time like a walkie talkie. From what i've seen with people useing them it's pretty much speaker phone only and makes that god awful squelch noise each time you release the talk button. And everyone around you can hear your conversation. Why is this better than just calling the person you want to talk to?
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Vox Dei said:
What is the benifite of the PTT? As far as i can tell its worse than just making a call. As i understand it the PTT is half duplex so only one person can be talking at a time like a walkie talkie. From what i've seen with people useing them it's pretty much speaker phone only and makes that god awful squelch noise each time you release the talk button. And everyone around you can hear your conversation. Why is this better than just calling the person you want to talk to?
Well for one thing there is no delay listening to the ringing in the ear piece. They are either available or not available. You get an immediate response.
Yes the quality isn't as good as a typical cell call, but DC...
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MarkF said:...Vox Dei said:
What is the benifite of the PTT? As far as i can tell its worse than just making a call. As i understand it the PTT is half duplex so only one person can be talking at a time like a walkie talkie. From what i've seen with people useing them it's pretty much speaker phone only and makes that god awful squelch noise each time you release the talk button. And everyone around you can hear your conversation. Why is this better than just calling the person you want to talk to?
Well for one thing there is no delay listening to the ringing in the ear piece. They are either available or not available. You get an immediate response.
Yes the quality isn't as goo
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Actually you can turn the speaker off and listen through the phone's ear piece.
In the general consumer world the PTT may not make sense but in the business sector it makes very good sense. 80+ percent of Nextel's customer base are businesses.
The PTT cuts down on idle chatter and not waiting for a phone to dial and connect increases productivity.
In the general consumer world the PTT may not make sense but in the business sector it makes very good sense. 80+ percent of Nextel's customer base are businesses.
The PTT cuts down on idle chatter and not waiting for a phone to dial and connect increases productivity.
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southwestcomm said:
Actually you can turn the speaker off and listen through the phone's ear piece.
In the general consumer world the PTT may not make sense but in the business sector it makes very good sense. 80+ percent of Nextel's customer base are businesses.
The PTT cuts down on idle chatter and not waiting for a phone to dial and connect increases productivity.
i still think PTT is very pointless IMO. Its all a marketing thing as far as i am concerned. BTW is IDEN used anywhere else in the world except the US?
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phone_guru101 said:
i still think PTT is very pointless IMO. Its all a marketing thing as far as i am concerned. BTW is IDEN used anywhere else in the world except the US?
You may think it's pointless, but you have to remember that PTT has been around since the 1930's with Motorola's first simplex radio system designed for police officers. This technology now utilizes other technologies that make it more spectrum efficient, but it's still PTT. It's actually cellular that is the fad and not PTT as now you see other carriers (like Verizon & Sprint) trying to imitate NEXTEL.
iDEN is utilized in a number of other countries such as Israel, Mexico, and Canada to name just a few.
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Canada has some IDEN service. Don't know about anywere else. I can't see much benifit in PTT. It seems worse that makeing a call to me. You can get instant connection but that seems like a disadvantage to me. I don't always want to answer my phone for certian people (sometimes my mom can talk to the VM 😛). Can you turn off the PTT so things like txt messages and phone calls can be answered? When i'm at work i can't take calls but i sometimes use txt messaging. I wana be able to recieve txt messages and still not recieve calls.
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You can ignore a PTT request just like ignoring an incoming phone call. I have my PTT turned to silent all the time when I am busy. I can still receive phone calls and/or 2way messages.
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If it is pointless why is every other carrier launching their own version? I agreee, PTT may not be for everyone, especially the genreal consumer market, but in the business world there are many applications.
There are iDEN carriers in Canada, Mexico, multiple South American countries and Israel I believe.
Everyone has their own use for wireless technology.
There are iDEN carriers in Canada, Mexico, multiple South American countries and Israel I believe.
Everyone has their own use for wireless technology.
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