Re: Nextel Walkie Talkie??

Gordon Burditt wrote:
>
> >>>It can also be a major annoyance. My wife's employer insists that every
> >>>nurse carries a Nexel phone. They all keep them turned off, because while
> >>>visiting patients, they cannot be disturbed. They can't use the PTT feature
> >>>because they can't be broadcasting personal information. The coverage is
> >>
> >> If you can't broadcast personal information, you can't use a cell
> >> phone OR "walkie-talkie" mode; they both broadcast whatever is said
> >> over it. The nurses and the employer DO know that, I hope?
> >
> >You're about ten years behind the times. This was the case with the old
> >analog AMPS system. With CDMA (Verizon, Sprint) it's extremely secure,
> >and with GSM/TDMA (AT&T, Cingular) it's very secure.
>
> If it sends it over public airwaves, it's not secure.
> Or are you trying to tell me that a key shared between every
> cell tower and/or every Nextel phone can be kept secret? I
> don't believe it.
>
> Gordon L. Burditt

It's the DIGITAL AGE! WAKE UP! It's secured. Nobody can hear
you!

Joe

On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:25:26 -0400, Joe Altmyer wrote:

> Gordon Burditt wrote:
>>
>> >>>It can also be a major annoyance. My wife's employer insists that every
>> >>>nurse carries a Nexel phone. They all keep them turned off, because while
>> >>>visiting patients, they cannot be disturbed. They can't use the PTT feature
>> >>>because they can't be broadcasting personal information. The coverage is
>> >>
>> >> If you can't broadcast personal information, you can't use a cell
>> >> phone OR "walkie-talkie" mode; they both broadcast whatever is said
>> >> over it. The nurses and the employer DO know that, I hope?
>> >
>> >You're about ten years behind the times. This was the case with the old
>> >analog AMPS system. With CDMA (Verizon, Sprint) it's extremely secure,
>> >and with GSM/TDMA (AT&T, Cingular) it's very secure.
>>
>> If it sends it over public airwaves, it's not secure.
>> Or are you trying to tell me that a key shared between every
>> cell tower and/or every Nextel phone can be kept secret? I
>> don't believe it.
>>
>> Gordon L. Burditt
>
> It's the DIGITAL AGE! WAKE UP! It's secured. Nobody can hear
> you!
>

I'm not sure if Nextel is as secure as GSM, ( Cingular / T-Mobile) or CDMA
(Verizon / Spring ) but it is digital, and you cant pickup a Nextel
Scanner at Radio shack so for anything you need to send its more than
secure enough....

--
Korbin Dallas
The name was changed to protect the guilty.