Ready link to NEXTEL (was Re: ready link)

I had heard months ago, that the plan was to be able to connect to other
systems like NEXTEL and Verizon, but never seen anything on it. You
would think that if it was going to happen, there would be a big pres
release.

As I said, when it's working, it's great, but at $35/ month for two
phones, and the limited number of people that have it, it's not cost
effective for me yet. If I could connect with NEXTEL, that would be a
differant story.

Anyone have any more info on this?

Jim

Chad Michael Crews wrote:
> Ready Link is working great. I have had it since the first day that it
> came out. It has never failed on me and has always had fast connection
> and send times. I am very pleased with it and plan to keep it on my
> phone. Word from Sprint and Nextel is that Ready Link Users will be able
> to connect to Nextel Direct Connect within the next few months. Just keep
> your fingers crossed.
>
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, it was written:
>
>
>>When it works, it works great. On my end in NY, I get a lot of
>>connection problems. I can be standing in the same room as the person
>>I'm trying to connect to, both phones have signal, and I'm not able to
>>connect.
>>
>>But when it is working, it is very clear with little delay. Is it worth
>>$20 on the first phone and $15 on the second per month....NO!!!!
>>
>>I'm going to run out my two free months and get rid of it. There is no
>>way it's worth $35 a month ($20 and $15) on two of my four phone, or
>>$65 to put it on all four. I will go to Nextel for it before I give
>>SPCS that kind of money.
>>
>>
>>Captain wrote:
>>
>>>Just wanted to check and see if anyone has any updated info on how ready
>>>link is working. Considering it but wanted to get some first hand
>>>experience from people.
>>>
>>>
>>>Capt.
>>
>>

"Jim" <""jimreid(\"nycap.rr.com"> wrote in message
news:TWwRb.58681$Fe1.47049@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I had heard months ago, that the plan was to be able to connect to other
> systems like NEXTEL and Verizon, but never seen anything on it. You
> would think that if it was going to happen, there would be a big pres
> release.
>
> As I said, when it's working, it's great, but at $35/ month for two
> phones, and the limited number of people that have it, it's not cost
> effective for me yet. If I could connect with NEXTEL, that would be a
> differant story.
>
> Anyone have any more info on this?
>
> Jim

Where did you hear that RL would be able to connect with Verizon & Nextel
systems?

Bob

The reason that Verizon couldn't connect with Nextel is because they are
too slow. Their average connection time is about 10 to 15 seconds then
the transmission time is about 8. Sprints is much faster. As far as a
press release...Sprint didn't put out a press release on the Ready Link
until it was already out on the market.

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, it was written:

> I had heard months ago, that the plan was to be able to connect to other
> systems like NEXTEL and Verizon, but never seen anything on it. You
> would think that if it was going to happen, there would be a big pres
> release.
>
> As I said, when it's working, it's great, but at $35/ month for two
> phones, and the limited number of people that have it, it's not cost
> effective for me yet. If I could connect with NEXTEL, that would be a
> differant story.
>
> Anyone have any more info on this?
>
> Jim
>
> Chad Michael Crews wrote:
> > Ready Link is working great. I have had it since the first day that it
> > came out. It has never failed on me and has always had fast connection
> > and send times. I am very pleased with it and plan to keep it on my
> > phone. Word from Sprint and Nextel is that Ready Link Users will be able
> > to connect to Nextel Direct Connect within the next few months. Just keep
> > your fingers crossed.
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, it was written:
> >
> >
> >>When it works, it works great. On my end in NY, I get a lot of
> >>connection problems. I can be standing in the same room as the person
> >>I'm trying to connect to, both phones have signal, and I'm not able to
> >>connect.
> >>
> >>But when it is working, it is very clear with little delay. Is it worth
> >>$20 on the first phone and $15 on the second per month....NO!!!!
> >>
> >>I'm going to run out my two free months and get rid of it. There is no
> >>way it's worth $35 a month ($20 and $15) on two of my four phone, or
> >>$65 to put it on all four. I will go to Nextel for it before I give
> >>SPCS that kind of money.
> >>
> >>
> >>Captain wrote:
> >>
> >>>Just wanted to check and see if anyone has any updated info on how ready
> >>>link is working. Considering it but wanted to get some first hand
> >>>experience from people.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Capt.
> >>
> >>
>
>