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Sprint Launches PTT

Nov 17, 2003, 1:24 PM by (staff)

Sprint today became the second major carrier to launch a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service to compete with Nextel's walkie-talkie style service. Sprint's service, called PCS Ready Link(SM), is available nationwide starting today. The service allows both one-on-one and group PTT calling (up to five people). Ready Link phones include both personal and business contact lists and groups lists, separate from standard phone books. The Ready Link lists can be managed from the web. The service costs $15 per month for unlimited use, or $5 for PCS Vision users. Two Sanyo phones are available for the service, including a ruggedized model and a clamshell model.

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PureDrama

Nov 22, 2003, 9:38 AM

better phones

yeah the service is great but when are we going to get better looking PTT phones?

pakirebel19

Nov 17, 2003, 6:23 PM

Ready Link is awesome. Only a 0.5 sec delay.

I work for Sprint. I went to their expo 3 days ago and i got to use the readylink demo. At start its a 4 second delay for i.e when you connect to other persons readylink phone and then its instant!!! there is a .5 sec delay only!!!!!!! This is the ****. The Sanyo 5500 phone is coming out on december 2nd at best buy. The price of that phone will be 379.99. I cant wait till i get that phone. Sanyo 5400 is a decent phone but it has no camera or a video recorder and sanyo 7200 is exactly like sanyo 4900 but it looks ugly it looks like you got a cordless phone in your hand. The only thing they have done with sanyo 7200 is changed the skin color. Overall there all are good phones. Its 15 dollars for unlimited readylink and if you have unlimited vi...
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CO2

Sounds like this is just in time for the Number Portability launch. Should help them get or keep customers.

Thrash1

I work for Nextel. Seems as if Sprint may take some thunder from Verizon's PTT offering, as their's takes quite a while to setup. Nextel's PTT sets up in under a second (almost instantaneous) and Nextel's PTT works everywhere you go on the network. ...
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RIPPandBURN

Nov 17, 2003, 2:26 PM

Reuters Article

I read this article on Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNew ... »

Even though initial connections take four or more seconds, if the two-way conversation is instant after that, I would be satisfied.

Does anyone have any experience with Verizon's two-way service? Is it the same with theirs?

pakirebel19

NOOOOO. Verizon has a 17 second delay in the begininng and then it has a 4 second delay. Verizon came out to early. Sprint was going to come out with that in september but they wanted their readylink to be much better than verizon so thats why they ca...
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