US Cellular has PTT before us because they use CDMA. CDMA is the same thing Sprint and Verizon use. Get the idea?

GSM has been going round and round about what technology is going to work efficiently and whose going to develop it. CDMA had the leg up on the PTT so it's nothing amazing that a smaller company has PTT before us.

If you have the time to post, you might want to look around these forums outside Cingular where it will explain to you everything I just told you in much more detail.

Just an opinion about PTT. I don't see how an every day person would get much use out of it, it seems a bit tacky. But I could see how many construction sites, or other busineses who have many employess situated in many locations and they need to talk to eachother constantly- is there any other group that this feature would really beneifit?

Farmers, families(if its the right price), EMS, ect... If you think about it, there a host people who could benifit from a PTT system that spans more than just the major cities and highways. I personaly can't wait to see what Cingular does for a PTT solution. Hopefully it will be real compition to us here at USCC, unlike nextel, sprint and verizion.

Have a wonderful day!

First of all, Nextel isn't CDMA. Nextel uses there own proprietary technology called Iden. Secondly, why are you guys harping on PTT so much? Obviously people DO care about it, and DO like the feature, because Nextel has built their whole business around it. If it was a useless feature, I think Nextel would have went bottom up. Think of it as mobile to mobile....but faster. Also, how is nextel not competition to you? Nextel pioneered this technology, and USCC is just a fly to swat for them. Sure Cingy MAY give nextel some competition, but I doubt it. Not unless cingy gets some phones that are ALOT more durable. Plus nextel has a great Phone repair program. What does Cingy have? Just the insurance, and XBM. You guys have a LONG ...
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I wasn't harping on Ptt technology? I was asking what the benefits are because i've never come into contact with a Ptt phone. last i checked it was ok to ask questions. 🙄

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First of all, Nextel isn't CDMA. Nextel uses there own proprietary technology called Iden. Secondly, why are you guys harping on PTT so much? Obviously people DO care about it, and DO like the feature, because Nextel has built their whole business around it. If it was a useless feature, I think Nextel would have went bottom up. Think of it as mobile to mobile....but faster. Also, how is nextel not competition to you? Nextel pioneered this technology, and USCC is just a fly to swat for them. Sure Cingy MAY give nextel some competition, but I doubt it. Not unless cingy gets some phones that are ALOT more durable. Plus nextel has a great Phone repair program. What does Cingy have? Just the insuranc

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Jldnr77 said:
First of all, Nextel isn't CDMA. Nextel uses there own proprietary technology called Iden. Secondly, why are you guys harping on PTT so much? Obviously people DO care about it, and DO like the feature, because Nextel has built their whole business around it. If it was a useless feature, I think Nextel would have went bottom up. Think of it as mobile to mobile....but faster. Also, how is nextel not competition to you? Nextel pioneered this technology, and USCC is just a fly to swat for them. Sure Cingy MAY give nextel some competition, but I doubt it. Not unless cingy gets some phones that are ALOT more durable. Plus nextel has a great Phone repair program. What does C

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How could those people benefit from PTT and not just a regular phone? You still have to pull up the person's name on the menu and still have to connect. The only thing with PTT is you have to hold the button down while talking and you have to wait till the other person's done talking. I personally don't see the use for it. It made sense when it first came out, especially when you had unlimited PTT minutes. Now everyone has free M2M or In calling, so all calls to the same carrier are free.

Example: You are on a farm and working with a manure spreader. You and your six farm hands are all spread out along the line and you need to give commands to all six of them at the same time to insure problem free application of the fertalizer. Is it quicker to call each one, one at a time, or two way the whole lot at once?

Just something to think about.

Ahh, I didn't know you could get more than one people on that. I'm looking at Sprint stuff right now, and just read it. I guess it would make sense in that area. Other than that, is there any real benefit to PTT?

its quicker for short bursts of info. Otherwise, not really.

Ahh. I'm not really trying to put it down or anything. As long as I don't have to pay extra, and it helps business, I'm all for it. I just don't have much experience with it and was wondering if I'm missing anything.

What kind of buisness do you have? That would help to determine if its worth it to have PTT for it.

I don't have a business. I plan on maybe starting a financial counseling place, but not for some time. Who knows what kind of technology will be out then.

hehe, very very good point.

I look forward to seeing what is available then!

picture this... youre stuck in a bag that some guy is gonna shred in a HUGE shredder... the guy who is about to shred you is talking to your best friend who knocked you out and put you in there as a joke... while Walkie Talki'ng your friend hears about a heavy bag which is a pain in the ass to lift about to be shredded..... BOOM youre DEAD...... DUPLEX MAN!!!! PTT does not have DUPLEX..... muahahaha 😈 😈 😈 😈 sorry... i just wanted to make fun of the fighting... i dont care about Nextel or their PTT i just want to be on a opposing side..... 😳

Official word this morning....Cingular PTT available in September 2005, LG F7200 and Samsung D857 are the initial 2 handsets, using Kodiak's RTX platform.

Word from who/where?

Cingular confrence call this morning

I can't even think of a word that states how stupid I think PTT really is. Walkie-talkies were a step above landlines because they were portable, but then we had cell phones. Why are we stepping backwards?

We should be making phones the size of hearing aids with microphones that pick up the vibrations of your vocal chords so you could whisper a conversation over the air and not disturb anyone, not carrying around star trek intercom badges. *beep beep* "Beam me up!"