Is Nextel horrible?

I've been hearing around that Nextel is absolutely horrible! Also the phones aren't that good. And personally, I think that Nextel is mostly used by business's, b/c of their touch to talk feature. Can anyone tell me if this is true? Is Nextel that bad? -I have att by the way!

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No way nextel isn't horrible. It's great i love it. The touch to talk button is good, the service is good and the phones look accept for the Bronze i830.

But i'll tell you i hear that Sprint sucks my friend says that he'll have 4 bars of service and stand next to someone with a sprint and they'll 1 or 2 bars of service

Personally Nextel is
Personally Sprint is

Yeah, I totally agree around here nextel service is one of the best, and there plans are the ****.

-Tony

Nextel's push to talk feature is fast and free on most plans. If you have friends this is great. Saves you money and time.

To answer the coverage issue: Every carrier has towers in different locations. No 2 carriers are created equal. Sprint might work for you because they have a tower near your house and that is were you use the phone. But Nextel might not work for you because they are 3 miles down the road and cant penetrate your house. I could live 4 miles from you and Nextel works like a charm and Sprint doesn't work in my bedroom where I need it to work. You should be the judge of the coverage.. Every carrier gives you a trial period. Even if it is only the minimum that the law says 3 days. Use those three days to travel were you are going to be using the phone. If you don't and get suckered into a 2 year contract your loss.... You stick one carrier and you will never be able to get a phone again (unless you pay $500 deposit). They share their deadbeat list. PS: If you travel a lot Nextel, Sprint, and T-mobile lack the non major city coverage that AT&T (TDMA) , Cingular (TMDA), and Verizon have. Those three have been it longer and allow roaming on other networks. AT&T and Cingular GSM coverage is not as good as TDMA nation wide coverage.

I have been involved with wireless sales for 13 years now. I hear everyday how blah blah is the best carrier and they say blah blah blah is the worst... Then 15 mins later another customer comes in and says the complete opposite. If there was 1 clear choice we would only have 1 choice.

Originally posted by SonyT616
I've been hearing around that Nextel is absolutely horrible! Also the phones aren't that good. And personally, I think that Nextel is mostly used by business's, b/c of their touch to talk feature. Can anyone tell me if this is true? Is Nextel that bad? -I have att by the way!

I really like Nextel service. The coverage is excellent in the San Francisco Bay Area, and pretty much every where I have been. They don't offer any service in Wyoming and montana.

Their phones are a different subject matter. Always behind the rest and still big and bulky.

i love my nextel! it is so much better then sprint, i don't care what people say about sprint they suck whatever phone it is. all my friends had sprint, all different phones, same problems. we all switched over to nextel, no problems. no dropped calls, no billing problems. there customer service is great. i love the two ways really good at the bar lol i say go for it only if you know people with nextel, cause it would be kinda pointless if you don't have anyone to talk to on the two way.

my whole family has nextel phones and i love them. we can keep in touch for cheap with the "walkie talkie" function and ours never roam. we take them to tennessee and have no trouble with them. in my opinion, they are the best.