Sprint walkie-talkie service?

A Sprint rep told me today that they are now offering the nationwide
walkie-talkie service, like Nextel, but that in order to use it, I would
have to get a new phone.

This was a total surprise to me. I can't find anything about this service on
the Website, and they are not advertising it.

what's the catch?

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Its called Ready Link.



"Bob Igel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:jwz%[email protected]...
> A Sprint rep told me today that they are now offering the nationwide
> walkie-talkie service, like Nextel, but that in order to use it, I would
> have to get a new phone.
>
> This was a total surprise to me. I can't find anything about this service
on
> the Website, and they are not advertising it.
>
> what's the catch?
>
>
>

In article <jwz%[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> A Sprint rep told me today that they are now offering the nationwide
> walkie-talkie service, like Nextel, but that in order to use it, I would
> have to get a new phone.
>=20
> This was a total surprise to me. I can't find anything about this service=
on
> the Website, and they are not advertising it.
>=20
> what's the catch?
>=20

It's been far more popular than we anticipated it. We intended a=20
kind of "quiet launch" to bring it live and try to iron out anything=20
the tests didn't reveal. Plus, there are some aspects that weren't=20
yet ready (online access for consumers to the RL address book).

By and large, not bad for a service we haven't even pushed so far.

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R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <0siris@sprîntpcs.com> says:

>[Ready Link] been far more popular than we anticipated it.

I *still* don't get the reasoning of people who take a perfectly good
two-way phone and do that stupid put to your ear/put to your mouth/
put to your ear/... routine.

-Kenny

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Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles
H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898
W: 26601 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302-1959 (818) 444-3685

I like Ready Link cuz I can operate the phone in my lap as I am talking while driving. Unlike my brother who has Nextel, he has to hold his phone upto his mouth, I can talk in a normal voice for the other person to hear me. To others it may look like I am talking to myself but I dont have a phone stuck to my ear or my face which makes safer driving.

In article <[email protected]>,
Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I like Ready Link cuz I can operate the phone in my lap as I am talking
> while driving. Unlike my brother who has Nextel, he has to hold his
> phone upto his mouth, I can talk in a normal voice for the other person
> to hear me. To others it may look like I am talking to myself but I
> dont have a phone stuck to my ear or my face which makes safer driving.


I can do that using the Speaker Phone of the RL2500,
saving myself $15 /month.

Originally posted by Robert M.
I can do that using the Speaker Phone of the RL2500,
saving myself $15 /month.

I did not mention that I can do that too with normal calls seeing how this was about Ready Link. You save $15 a month? I pay $0 for my Ready Link and Vision, so why not use it. I dont have to open the phone, dial a number and wait for the person to answer. Ready Link gives me a quicker response. But, to each his/her own.

In article <[email protected]>,
Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Robert M. wrote:
> > *I can do that using the Speaker Phone of the RL2500,
> > saving myself $15 /month. *
>
> I did not mention that I can do that too with normal calls seeing how
> this was about Ready Link. You save $15 a month? I pay $0 for my
> Ready Link and Vision, so why not use it. I dont have to open the
> phone, dial a number and wait for the person to answer. Ready Link
> gives me a quicker response. But, to each his/her own.

neither do i, 1 key dialing can be done quickly one handed.

Robert M. wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I like Ready Link cuz I can operate the phone in my lap as I am talking
>>while driving. Unlike my brother who has Nextel, he has to hold his
>>phone upto his mouth, I can talk in a normal voice for the other person
>>to hear me. To others it may look like I am talking to myself but I
>>dont have a phone stuck to my ear or my face which makes safer driving.
>
>
>
> I can do that using the Speaker Phone of the RL2500,
> saving myself $15 /month.

I can do it without spending the $15 a month because it's free with my
plan. If I did have to pay I probably wouldn't but it's free so what
the heck!

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Kash76

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Robert M. wrote:
> > > *I can do that using the Speaker Phone of the RL2500,
> > > saving myself $15 /month. *
> >
> > I did not mention that I can do that too with normal calls seeing how
> > this was about Ready Link. You save $15 a month? I pay $0 for my
> > Ready Link and Vision, so why not use it. I dont have to open the
> > phone, dial a number and wait for the person to answer. Ready Link
> > gives me a quicker response. But, to each his/her own.
>
> neither do i, 1 key dialing can be done quickly one handed.

also with the 5400/5500 there is a one touch button on the side which
will activate the voice dial stuff---although I seldom use it---but,
if I were having to make a series of calls to others, and ask very
simple short questions, I could see the ptt--otherwise the free pcs 2
pcs is great, and I am amazed at how fast connect times are---if you
realize that you have dialed a wrong number, you have to be very fast
to stop the call before the other phone is ringing.

Originally posted by Kash76
I can do it without spending the $15 a month because it's free with my plan. If I did have to pay I probably wouldn't but it's free so what
the heck!

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Kash76

Same here, but Robert M. likes to argue so I figured what the hell. He would find something to make himself more superior than the rest of us. Thread about PTT and he wants to talk about one touch dialing.