I would normally get nextel, but the coverage in rural colorado is just not acceptable, and the sprint coverage is somewhat better. So, can a sprint direct connect enabled phone/plan direct connect with a nextel user?

 

Phonecall: yes
walkie talkie: IDEN (nextel) -> CDMA (PCS) No

Although sprint is launching qchat now. I would think IDEN will start to go away once qchat has matured.