One Good Reason?

Larry W4CSC wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:44:55 GMT, Scott Stephenson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>Not really true- with one PTT, I can get a message to my entire group of
>>employees, no matter where I am or they are (group call). Don't think
>>anybody offers this as an easy duplex option.
>>
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> That is its only advantage. I still think anyone needing PTT would be
> much better off on a trunked radio system with much more powerful
> walkies that have telephone interconnect than these FRAGILE little toy
> phones the employees crawling under houses can destroy in a week.
> I've seen good ol Motorola trunked radios that look like someone drove
> a Bradley Fighting Vehicle over that still work just fine....even with
> the top half of the antenna missing and the spring wires sticking
> out....(c;
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> Larry W4CSC
>
> 3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
> gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
> conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?
sounds like the Nextel i700 or their new version (i58 I think). Both
built to military standards. I used to drop my i700 off my belt quite
frequently, and it would bounce about 18 inches in the air. Never had a
problem.

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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:41:40 GMT, Scott Stephenson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>sounds like the Nextel i700 or their new version (i58 I think). Both
>built to military standards. I used to drop my i700 off my belt quite
>frequently, and it would bounce about 18 inches in the air. Never had a
>problem.
>
That won't be much of an issue with the fragile V60p. Hey! Maybe
THAT's why Verizon has the real estate lady hit with the rake handle
and the construction guy hit with the swing! They're trying to show
how rugged Nextel iDen phones are!.....(c;



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:41:40 GMT, Scott Stephenson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>sounds like the Nextel i700 or their new version (i58 I think). Both
>built to military standards. I used to drop my i700 off my belt quite
>frequently, and it would bounce about 18 inches in the air. Never had a
>problem.
>
That won't be much of an issue with the fragile V60p. Hey! Maybe
THAT's why Verizon has the real estate lady hit with the rake handle
and the construction guy hit with the swing! They're trying to show
how rugged Nextel iDen phones are!.....(c;



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Stanley settled back into the couch, and
Al Klein <[email protected]> said to him:
> >Who needs PTT when full duplex is UNLIMITED?!
>
> Round table? A few words every 5 minutes? There are certain
> advantages in a few limited cases.

I would assert, based on Nextel's commercial success over the past decade,
that those cases aren't nearly as limited as you paint them. :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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Jay R. Ashworth [email protected]
Member of the Technical Staff Baylink
The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think
Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274

God, unlike Anya, is fond of bunnies. -- Chelsea Christenson

Stanley settled back into the couch, and
Al Klein <[email protected]> said to him:
> >Who needs PTT when full duplex is UNLIMITED?!
>
> Round table? A few words every 5 minutes? There are certain
> advantages in a few limited cases.

I would assert, based on Nextel's commercial success over the past decade,
that those cases aren't nearly as limited as you paint them. :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
--
Jay R. Ashworth [email protected]
Member of the Technical Staff Baylink
The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think
Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274

God, unlike Anya, is fond of bunnies. -- Chelsea Christenson

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:07:08 GMT, "Jay R. Ashworth"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.verizon:

>Stanley settled back into the couch, and
> Al Klein <[email protected]> said to him:

>> >Who needs PTT when full duplex is UNLIMITED?!

>> Round table? A few words every 5 minutes? There are certain
>> advantages in a few limited cases.

>I would assert, based on Nextel's commercial success over the past decade,
>that those cases aren't nearly as limited as you paint them. :-)

There's a difference between an advantage and how people use
something. From my own observation, I've seen DC conversations on
Nextel that would have been easier using a full duplex phone.

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:07:08 GMT, "Jay R. Ashworth"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.verizon:

>Stanley settled back into the couch, and
> Al Klein <[email protected]> said to him:

>> >Who needs PTT when full duplex is UNLIMITED?!

>> Round table? A few words every 5 minutes? There are certain
>> advantages in a few limited cases.

>I would assert, based on Nextel's commercial success over the past decade,
>that those cases aren't nearly as limited as you paint them. :-)

There's a difference between an advantage and how people use
something. From my own observation, I've seen DC conversations on
Nextel that would have been easier using a full duplex phone.