Verizon Push to Talk. Yea or Nay
I've been a cust service rep with VZW for about 3 years now, so I've been there when the whole PTT program started with them. Now, my experience is that, not only do we not sell alot of PTT service to customers, but the quality and service of the PTT is sub par to just plain unusable. Even after VZW's much heralded "second generation" launch. I'm just curious to see whether I'm just seeing isolated cases or if this is pretty much the general consensus amongst PTT users with VZW. Thanks.
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is it quick ? like nextels? or does it have some delay?
And does it work with nextels service? For example if I push to talk to a nextel subscriber will he be able to " key me up too"?
And does it work with nextels service? For example if I push to talk to a nextel subscriber will he be able to " key me up too"?
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😁 Initial Connection is around 2-4 seconds, and volley times are around .5-1 second.
Like every other PTT service currently out there, Verizon's PTT will only work w\Verizon's PTT users.
Like every other PTT service currently out there, Verizon's PTT will only work w\Verizon's PTT users.
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Danthalas said:Nope, sorry. There's no compatibility now...but there might be in the future. It's just a question of when, I'd think. There's about a 2 second setup, and then latency during conversation is very good. It really is comparable to Nextel's DC.
is it quick ? like nextels? or does it have some delay?
And does it work with nextels service? For example if I push to talk to a nextel subscriber will he be able to " key me up too"?
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Historyfreak said:I've had a chance to play around with second generation equipment, and I was pretty impressed by the latency and general usability. I'm sorta stuck on the Motorola v65p...I know it ain't the greatest phone ...
I've been a cust service rep with VZW for about 3 years now, so I've been there when the whole PTT program started with them. Now, my experience is that, not only do we not sell alot of PTT service to customers, but the quality and service of the PTT is sub par to just plain unusable. Even after VZW's much heralded "second generation" launch. I'm just curious to see whether I'm just seeing isolated cases or if this is pretty much the general consensus amongst PTT users with VZW. Thanks.
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I am a VZW rep and between the people who work in my store, we have sold maybe 20 P2T phones since the relaunch in February.
There are some people who are interested, and others who are like, "well if I have free m2m, what's the point?"
I also find that people are scared of the p2t because of it's first launch. I have heard a lot of people say, "yea, i heard not to get vzw p2t." THat's when you have to break out the demo phones and do a demo in the circuit city. In my area (edge Philly & New York Metro markets), it works even better than nextel.
Since the relaunch of p2t I have not returned a single P2T phone. I think after that initial phobia, people are fine... espcecially since they have the WFG
There are some people who are interested, and others who are like, "well if I have free m2m, what's the point?"
I also find that people are scared of the p2t because of it's first launch. I have heard a lot of people say, "yea, i heard not to get vzw p2t." THat's when you have to break out the demo phones and do a demo in the circuit city. In my area (edge Philly & New York Metro markets), it works even better than nextel.
Since the relaunch of p2t I have not returned a single P2T phone. I think after that initial phobia, people are fine... espcecially since they have the WFG
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Interesting, thanks for the informative responses. It's nice to get some educated answers in here. 😁
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reensters said:
There are some people who are interested, and others who are like, "well if I have free m2m, what's the point?"
thats the same thing they say about text messaging, your chance to sell them on it.
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I would say txt is completely different than ptt. PTT is still a voice conversation. Txt is more discrete and easier to multi-task. I txt at work a lot. It doesn't really get in the way because I'm talking on the phone at work. At worst it just distracts me from my job. There's no way I could use PTT. Personally, I'd never use PTT. My dad had it for 13 lines for his business. They used it maybe 4 times a week only because they had it. Once their 2 years were up, they dumped PTT and changed to a regular business share plan.
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Dude...if you want PTT, go to NEXTEL. I worked at VZW, and honestly, nobody knows how it worked (at least when I was there.)
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Works great in North Carolina, Alot faster than Nextel. I had Nextel for two years and dumped them for Verizon's 2nd generation PTT. I have used mine all over the southeast US and have had absolutely no problems.
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Do you use it for personal communication or business? If for personal, why use that instead of the free m2m calling? I'm trying to understand why other people want it.
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I use it for both work and personal. I have free m2m also but just enjoy the ptt feature also.
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Push to talk is a bit more convenient, since it doesn't require making a phone call. If you're doing something rather laborous or requiring long pauses of silence, or sporadic conversation.
I.e., guy goes shopping for wife. Wife could annoy him every five minutes calling him at the store remembering something she's forgotton on the list. Or she can just PTT whenever she realizes she's forgotten something. (I'm using a real-life example, I hate shopping for me mum. Every minute, phone's ringing).
Or, perhaps, you're adjusting the aerial antenna for TV signal cuz you're not cheap enough to buy high speed internet, but you are enough to not buy digital cable. "See something?" "No." *adjusts* "Better?" is a sucky series of phone calls. Aga...
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I.e., guy goes shopping for wife. Wife could annoy him every five minutes calling him at the store remembering something she's forgotton on the list. Or she can just PTT whenever she realizes she's forgotten something. (I'm using a real-life example, I hate shopping for me mum. Every minute, phone's ringing).
Or, perhaps, you're adjusting the aerial antenna for TV signal cuz you're not cheap enough to buy high speed internet, but you are enough to not buy digital cable. "See something?" "No." *adjusts* "Better?" is a sucky series of phone calls. Aga...
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