news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved

In message <<[email protected]>> Mitchell
Regenbogen <[email protected]> did ramble:

>But for the normal consumer, it's a waste unless you
>somehow think it looks cool to walk around beeping and talking out loud.

You can use it in phone mode too, in which case you only pay when you're
actually talking, by the second, instead of both paying per minute while
thinking, listening, and talking.

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DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In message <<[email protected]>> Mitchell
> Regenbogen <[email protected]> did ramble:
>
>>But for the normal consumer, it's a waste unless you
>>somehow think it looks cool to walk around beeping and talking out
>>loud.
>
> You can use it in phone mode too, in which case you only pay when
> you're actually talking, by the second, instead of both paying per
> minute while thinking, listening, and talking.
>

Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PTT as a "feature." But
unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for example,
$20 more per month for it.

DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In message <<[email protected]>> Mitchell
> Regenbogen <[email protected]> did ramble:
>
>>But for the normal consumer, it's a waste unless you
>>somehow think it looks cool to walk around beeping and talking out
>>loud.
>
> You can use it in phone mode too, in which case you only pay when
> you're actually talking, by the second, instead of both paying per
> minute while thinking, listening, and talking.
>

Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PTT as a "feature." But
unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for example,
$20 more per month for it.

Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
- nothing extra for it.

Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
D/C

Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

FYI Nextel phones are also phones-



"Mitchell Regenbogen" <[email protected]> wrote :
>
> Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PT as a "feature." But
> unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for example,
> $20 more per month for it.

Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
- nothing extra for it.

Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
D/C

Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

FYI Nextel phones are also phones-



"Mitchell Regenbogen" <[email protected]> wrote :
>
> Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PT as a "feature." But
> unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for example,
> $20 more per month for it.

Top 5 Nextel Markets
1. New York Metro
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago Metro
4. Philadelphia Metro
5. San Francisco

"KA7EII" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
> > >doesn't mean beans.
> >
> > Sacramento is not a small market.
> >
> > There are roughly a million and a half people in the
> > Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
> > believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
> >
> > It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
> > market.
> >
> > Mike
>
>
> I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
> in the Sacramento area. I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my
> wife and I had no problem with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento
> area. Our mobile-to-mobile and even the data worked great. You
> need a good map to find some of the rural places here in Utah that
> Verizon's PTT works in.

Top 5 Nextel Markets
1. New York Metro
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago Metro
4. Philadelphia Metro
5. San Francisco

"KA7EII" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
> > >doesn't mean beans.
> >
> > Sacramento is not a small market.
> >
> > There are roughly a million and a half people in the
> > Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
> > believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
> >
> > It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
> > market.
> >
> > Mike
>
>
> I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
> in the Sacramento area. I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my
> wife and I had no problem with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento
> area. Our mobile-to-mobile and even the data worked great. You
> need a good map to find some of the rural places here in Utah that
> Verizon's PTT works in.

In message <<[email protected]>> "Bob"
<[email protected]> did ramble:

>Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
> - nothing extra for it.
>
>Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
>D/C
>
>Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

Verizon is charging extra for their push-to-wait service...

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Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

In message <<[email protected]>> "Bob"
<[email protected]> did ramble:

>Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
> - nothing extra for it.
>
>Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
>D/C
>
>Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

Verizon is charging extra for their push-to-wait service...

--
In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:21:32 GMT, DevilsPGD <[email protected]>
posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>In message <<[email protected]>> "Bob"
><[email protected]> did ramble:

>>Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
>> - nothing extra for it.

>>Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
>>D/C

>>Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

>Verizon is charging extra for their push-to-wait service...

Nextel doesn't charge for their push-to-get-service service, because
they have no service in so many places that Verizon has solid
coverage.
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:21:32 GMT, DevilsPGD <[email protected]>
posted in alt.cellular.motorola:

>In message <<[email protected]>> "Bob"
><[email protected]> did ramble:

>>Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
>> - nothing extra for it.

>>Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not have
>>D/C

>>Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?

>Verizon is charging extra for their push-to-wait service...

Nextel doesn't charge for their push-to-get-service service, because
they have no service in so many places that Verizon has solid
coverage.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

Al Klein wrote:

>
> Nextel doesn't charge for their push-to-get-service service, because
> they have no service in so many places that Verizon has solid
> coverage.

293 out of the top 300 markets- Verizon doesn't claim that, Nextel does.

Al Klein wrote:

>
> Nextel doesn't charge for their push-to-get-service service, because
> they have no service in so many places that Verizon has solid
> coverage.

293 out of the top 300 markets- Verizon doesn't claim that, Nextel does.

I was talking about Verizon. I wouldn't consider Nextel. Their cell
phone service stinks. I don't even like calling Nextel users, because
of the way the phone rings, the idiotic "I'm looking for the Nextel
customer" message, and the call usually drops or the person is hard to
understand.

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
> - nothing extra for it.
>
> Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not
> have D/C
>
> Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?
>
> FYI Nextel phones are also phones-
>
>
>
> "Mitchell Regenbogen" <[email protected]> wrote :
>>
>> Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PT as a "feature." But
>> unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for
>> example, $20 more per month for it.
>

I was talking about Verizon. I wouldn't consider Nextel. Their cell
phone service stinks. I don't even like calling Nextel users, because
of the way the phone rings, the idiotic "I'm looking for the Nextel
customer" message, and the call usually drops or the person is hard to
understand.

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Then you are so misinformed- I pay $39.99/month per phone D/C included
> - nothing extra for it.
>
> Last I checked - $39.99 is going rate for other carrieres that do not
> have D/C
>
> Where did you get this $20 extra crap from anyway?
>
> FYI Nextel phones are also phones-
>
>
>
> "Mitchell Regenbogen" <[email protected]> wrote :
>>
>> Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't mind having PT as a "feature." But
>> unless there's some unusual curcumstances I would not pay, for
>> example, $20 more per month for it.
>