Push To Talk , Cingular vs Nextel

So whats eveyones Opinion?

I switched to Nextel on the 7th of December and have 15 days to
test/try/them out. So far I am happy with the PTT and the cell
coverage, Cant get a signal in the house but I can get one outside,
no biggy couldnt get it with Verizon but could get 5 bars with Cingular
in the house.

Watched the demo for PTT on the Cingular web site and its the same as
Nextel, as far as switching to a celluar call well nexte cant do that
but you can switch over to the non external speaker so that eveyone
does not have to hear your calls.

Any one else care to chime in on this conversation?

Michael

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In <[email protected]> on 16 Dec 2005
12:23:15 -0800, "Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote:

>So whats eveyones Opinion?
>
>I switched to Nextel on the 7th of December and have 15 days to
>test/try/them out. So far I am happy with the PTT and the cell
>coverage, Cant get a signal in the house but I can get one outside,
>no biggy couldnt get it with Verizon but could get 5 bars with Cingular
>in the house.
>
>Watched the demo for PTT on the Cingular web site and its the same as
>Nextel, as far as switching to a celluar call well nexte cant do that
>but you can switch over to the non external speaker so that eveyone
>does not have to hear your calls.
>
>Any one else care to chime in on this conversation?

Cingular would be your best bet except that there's no PTT phone selection.

To improve Nextel reception in your house, consider the ARC Freedom antenna,
stylish, and easily carried from room to room.

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Originally Posted by Michael3977

So whats eveyones Opinion?

I switched to Nextel on the 7th of December and have 15 days to
test/try/them out. So far I am happy with the PTT and the cell
coverage, Cant get a signal in the house but I can get one outside,
no biggy couldnt get it with Verizon but could get 5 bars with Cingular
in the house.

Watched the demo for PTT on the Cingular web site and its the same as
Nextel, as far as switching to a celluar call well nexte cant do that
but you can switch over to the non external speaker so that eveyone
does not have to hear your calls.

Any one else care to chime in on this conversation?

Michael

I had Nextel for 6 years and switched to Cingular last year, I have the Samsung D357 and I'm loving it.

"Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So whats eveyones Opinion?
>

Nextel/Sprint took out a display ad in today's Wall Street Journal pointing
out that Nextel has a huge number of people to whom one can talk--whereas
Cingular has virtually none.

I wish that Verizon would just buy everybody else out, so we wouldn't have
to contend with all those competing systems.

Jeremy wrote:
> "Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>So whats eveyones Opinion?
>>
>
>
> Nextel/Sprint took out a display ad in today's Wall Street Journal pointing
> out that Nextel has a huge number of people to whom one can talk--whereas
> Cingular has virtually none.
>
> I wish that Verizon would just buy everybody else out, so we wouldn't have
> to contend with all those competing systems.
>
>


Nasty competition freaks! Off with their heads!!!

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Verizon cant even keep there PTT network UP and you want them to take
over everything?

Ummm John are you living in the dark ages, theres two phones now and
more coming

An LG and Samsung

"Jeremy" <[email protected]> wrote in message newsdHof.925$CL.424@trnddc04...
>
> "Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> So whats eveyones Opinion?
>>
>
> Nextel/Sprint took out a display ad in today's Wall Street Journal pointing
> out that Nextel has a huge number of people to whom one can talk--whereas
> Cingular has virtually none.
>
> I wish that Verizon would just buy everybody else out, so we wouldn't have
> to contend with all those competing systems.
>
>

sounds like Microsoft's battle cry...

>From what I read, Cingular's push-to-talk network is larger than anyone
else's as of November. That's network. . not PTT customers. Plus,
you'll have superior voice coverage. .It'll just take a little while
before PTT really catches on with Cingular. I haven't really seen a lot
of marketing for Cinguar's PTT either so it may be a good while. The
digital voice and data is great though.

Nextel has the best PTT network. Shortest times to connect to another phone
period.

Take a nextel phone, press the button and receiving Nextel phone will
acknowledge in less than .5 secs

On Cingular, it can take many seconds at times.

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Steve
"Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So whats eveyones Opinion?
>
> I switched to Nextel on the 7th of December and have 15 days to
> test/try/them out. So far I am happy with the PTT and the cell
> coverage, Cant get a signal in the house but I can get one outside,
> no biggy couldnt get it with Verizon but could get 5 bars with Cingular
> in the house.
>
> Watched the demo for PTT on the Cingular web site and its the same as
> Nextel, as far as switching to a celluar call well nexte cant do that
> but you can switch over to the non external speaker so that eveyone
> does not have to hear your calls.
>
> Any one else care to chime in on this conversation?
>
> Michael
>

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:05:10 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Nextel has the best PTT network. Shortest times to connect to another phone
>period.

This is unquestionably true in 12/2005.

>Take a nextel phone, press the button and receiving Nextel phone will
>acknowledge in less than .5 secs
>
>On Cingular, it can take many seconds at times.

If you value high quality PTT above ALL else, then Nextel is for you.
Otherwise, other carriers (Cingular and Verizon come to mind) have
clear advantages over Nextel -- such as in the areas, cost, phone
selection, service area, high-speed data.

In fact, I would go as far to say that there is NO good reason to go
with Nextel (or all your friends aren't on it so the M2M is an issue)
if you don't put much value on PTT.

Steve wrote:
> Nextel has the best PTT network. Shortest times to connect to another phone
> period.
>
> Take a nextel phone, press the button and receiving Nextel phone will
> acknowledge in less than .5 secs
>
> On Cingular, it can take many seconds at times.
>


Are you in some kind of rush?

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

IHMO, Nextel is supposedly and with a doubt the leader in PTT NOW,
with the Sprint / Nextel Merger things have gotten chaotic, and why I
chose to leave was because of overall cost per month , IT was NOT
going to be what the sales rep said it was going to be, it was going to
be 40 plus dollars more. IF Cingulars PTT does not work out for my
family I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

On the Cingular bandwidth and regular calls I have had nothing but
great service and hope to continue. From what I have read about there
new PTT and the technology is very very good and growing every day.

Also the majority of our friends are on Cingular now, and I know of
over 12 people that have had Nextel move over to Cingular to try it and
see how it goes, hey if it works, it works, if not, I turn the whole
thing back in and deal with it. BUT you never know till you try it.
Rumors and gossip are not the answers as to how a product works, no
two people are alike.

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In <[email protected]> on 16 Dec 2005
18:36:18 -0800, "Michael3977" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ummm John are you living in the dark ages, theres two phones now and
>more coming
>
>An LG and Samsung

Two?! WOW!!! And what about the millions of phones in the field?

LOL

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 17 Dec 2005
19:05:10 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Nextel has the best PTT network. Shortest times to connect to another phone
>period.
>
>Take a nextel phone, press the button and receiving Nextel phone will
>acknowledge in less than .5 secs
>
>On Cingular, it can take many seconds at times.

It actually takes less than 2 seconds most of the time. No big deal. What
matters is latency once the connection has been set up, which is as good or
better for Cingular than for Nextel.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>