I heard from someone.....that sprint is buying nextel sometime in 2005 anyone else hear this or just a false rumor?

 

that would be wild.

i'm sure it's just a rumor.

ask Ken but even if he knew, he wouldn't tell you haha

 

i call BS.....just my 2 cents..

 

How's Sprint Ready Link system working out?

 

wow that would create the most worthless carrier in the Us

 

i heard it was pretty good..well at least better then verizons for NOW....

 

I honestly don't think i know anyone who has the PTT feature with Verizon. From what I hear it’s slightly slower then Nextel's which is basically instantaneous.

I'm wondering if Sprint has a longer delay then Nextel and if so is it as long as Verizon's.

I'm waiting for the day when you can use this feature across networks. That'll be the shit.

Then again if everyone has the ability to do it, man that's just gonna get annoying. There will be 'beeps' everywhere.

 

I honestly don't think i know anyone who has the PTT feature with Verizon. From what I hear it’s slightly slower then Nextel's which is basically instantaneous.

I'm wondering if Sprint has a longer delay then Nextel and if so is it as long as Verizon's.

I'm waiting for the day when you can use this feature across networks. That'll be the shit.

Then again if everyone has the ability to do it, man that's just gonna get annoying. There will be 'beeps' everywhere.

 

wouldnt suprise me, eventually i think there will be one GSM provider (cingular) and one CDMA provider (verizon) and then the pay per use phones like VA, etc. the more the consoladation the better the prices are getting and the better the coverage gets. I think nextel actually has pretty good coverage in the NE in some spots. this would definetely make sprint very competitive with verizon in the NE, which is verizons pride and joy.

 

its a rumor!! Nextel invented direct connect...a licensing contract just expired thats why these companies just came with PTT and ready link...

I doubt nextel will ever get bought out...maybe merge but never bought out...and another thing why the **** would sprint be the one to buy them out...sprint is farther behind in technology sprint isnt even GSM...

for more information about nextel go to:

www.howardforums.com

they have all the updated info on cell phone companies...

 

if i send you 10 dollars will you go buy a clue?

 

1. Dont belive half the junk on that website...they write so much junk ....

Between the stuff they tell me at work (verizonwireless) and the stuff they post it is so so funny...

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No company would ever let that happen just like they dont want inter carrier pic messaging..because it takes business away from them...

if all your friends are on nextel and your on verizon either you switch to verizon or have your friends switch to nextel...

i agree it is

but it also deals with the whole network stuff..

 

Get your phone out of your ass... Hey, can you hear me now!

verizon verizon verizon verizonverizonverizonverizonverizonverizon

jeez shut up already, we all know you like and work for verizon. and no one cares.

 

Actually I've seen a Sprint phone do the walkie-talkie thing with a Nextel.........

It was interesting to say the least. Apparently they use the same systems, just a code blocks it out.........remove the code and you're golden.

 

You guys.

 

so hows nextels coverage in NE compared to verizons coverage?

 

How is Sprint's Ready Link system working out?

 

readylink and ptt will eventually phase out, verizon and sprint both offer unlimited calling within their networks, so whats the point of having 2 way? you can call anyone for free as long as its verizon to verizon or sprint to sprint.

 

Some people like the walkie talkie idea.

 

Hmmm.... Interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/te...rint&position=

Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with the Sprint Corporation, according to executives involved in the negotiations. The deal would form the third largest cellphone company in the nation, with 39 million wireless subscribers.

A deal could be reached as early as next week if the talks continue apace. In the meantime, the talks may bring to the game a third player, Verizon Wireless, which held several internal conference calls yesterday to discuss the possibility of making a run at Sprint, executives close to Verizon Wireless said.

Whatever the outcome, the industry appears ready to shrink once again, just six weeks after Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless formed the largest mobile phone provider in the country with 46 million subscribers, surpassing Verizon Wireless with 42 million. The talks between Sprint, currently No. 3 in the market, and Nextel, No. 5, are also in part a response to Cingular's move, which forced other rivals to reconsider their competitive positions.

A merger of Sprint, which provides wireless service and traditional fixed-line service, and Nextel, best known for its push-to-talk walkie-talkie feature and loyal business customers, would marry two very different businesses and an assortment of overlapping and conflicting technologies.

 

here is another article. seems like they are definitely talking...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...53244_2004dec9

 

i wonder how they are going to combine technologies, iDen and CDMA are so different

 

Then explain inter-carrier SMS messaging? Inter-carrier phone calls? Inter-carrier MMS is a matter of time. Don't fool yourself.

 

Nextel trademarked direct connect. The technology that they use to accomplish this is what is licensed to them (which is what has just come due). VoIP is not licensed by any one entity, which is what all the other carriers are doing. Bringing up a traffic channel, establishing PPP, and doing VoIP. There are a couple using the Kodiak solution which is voice over voice, with no data tunnel.

The methods that all the other carriers are using have nothing to do with Nextel, or it's methods for Direct Connect. What they are doing is no different than VoIP from your home PC.

 

IT WENT THROUGH!

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=7058934

 

 

They will call it "Sprint Nextel" ??? How gay.

"Sprint Next" has a ring to it though

 

LOL, I do like GSM Better than CDMA, but no one exactly said GSM was waaayy ahead of CDMA, do you know W-CDMA is more widely used back east, where they have high broadband internet speeds, and o ya they use sim cards too

 

I personally like the name Sextel

 

xbox next

 

Nextel never had a "patent" on the walkie talkie... Other companies just started developing their versions of it. Nextel's Pust to talk and sprint's ready link are two completely different technologies. However there is a sort of gateway that has been developed to allow the two to be used together. This is what will probably be used if the 2 carriers merge. Nextel is going to have to reband anyway since their bandwidth interferes with the public safety spectum and it will be most likely rebanded as CDMA (used by sprint and verizon).

 

sprint ready link is crafty, definatly not unique somewhat annoying but effective.. me and some friends all decided to go in on a 3 month free trial and have kept it ever since.. its a lot easier than calling cuz you can hit the hot keys on the side of the phone.. also i doubt sprint will every buy nextel becuase they are racking up too much cash from nascar...... thats my

 

Nextel doesn't have a patent on push-to-talk.

There is a patent on iDEN, which is owned by Motorola.

Nextel, SouthernLinc, and Boost all license and purchase iDEN equipment and handsets from Motorola.

There's no patent reason that another carrier cannot deploy PTT, just lots of technical barriers.

 

Props to primetime. Where did you hear it first?

 

They can call it NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

I wonder what kind of plans they're gonna have if they merge...

 

what's the big advantage to Sprint customers...like me?...or is there one?

 

the crowd of people that have 2 way sprint phones is definatly minimal, the nextel community is huge because everyone purchased teh nextel 2 ways becuase it was new and popular if there was a merge it would be insanely cool.. all my friends have nextels also many employers give out nextels to their workers

 

 

thanks bro!!....actually a friend of mine works at at&t/cingular and he told me that he read it in the paper (USA today) and It was mention in usa today again like last week. So i guess i was right!!