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- 11-04-2003, 02:21 AM #1PDA ManGuest
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Verizon to steal Nextel PTT customers after resolving latency issues
Consumer behavior monitoring firm Compete Inc. noted Verizon Wireless'
recently launched Push to Talk service will begin to siphon subscribers from
current walkie-talkie leader Nextel once its latency issues are resolved.
Verizon Wireless said last week in its third-quarter results that it has
signed up more than 100,000 subscribers to its PTT offering.
The service has received mixed reviews from analysts due to limited handset
selection and latency issues. However, Compete noted in a report that nearly
two-thirds of Nextel subscribers who considered switching carriers in
September evaluated Verizon Wireless, with one-third of those subscribers
researching Verizon Wireless' Push to Talk offering.
"Push-to-talk services will not be a growth driver for new entrants into the
market until these carriers can produce response times that match those of
Nextel's Direct Connect offering," explained T.J. Mahony, senior wireless
analyst at Compete. "The strong interest we are observing in Verizon among
Nextel subscribers, however, demonstrates that Nextel's market position is
clearly at risk once carriers improve the performance of their push-to-talk
services."
Verizon Wireless is expected to be joined by Sprint PCS and Alltel Corp. by
the end of this year in offering push-to-talk solutions geared toward Nextel
's Direct Connect offering. SOURCE
http://www.rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=15749
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- 11-04-2003, 07:32 AM #2Larry W4CSCGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:21:07 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
(cue music) "Dreeeeeeeam.......and the dream comes
true..........Dreeeeeeam, it's the thing to do.........."
The latency issue will never be resolved unless they can figure out
how to fix THE INTERNET and VoIP......
"Dreeeeeam!........Dreeeeeam!.......Dreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam........."
(song ends, auto reject 45, tone arm parks, pawl pulls switch to off,
turntable coasts to a stop)..........)(*&$)(@*#%_)(#$_)NO CARRIER
Larry W4CSC
"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"
- 11-04-2003, 07:32 AM #3Larry W4CSCGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:21:07 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
(cue music) "Dreeeeeeeam.......and the dream comes
true..........Dreeeeeeam, it's the thing to do.........."
The latency issue will never be resolved unless they can figure out
how to fix THE INTERNET and VoIP......
"Dreeeeeam!........Dreeeeeam!.......Dreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam........."
(song ends, auto reject 45, tone arm parks, pawl pulls switch to off,
turntable coasts to a stop)..........)(*&$)(@*#%_)(#$_)NO CARRIER
Larry W4CSC
"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"
- 11-04-2003, 08:28 AM #4Dan PendragonGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
In article <[email protected]>,
"PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Verizon to steal Nextel PTT customers after resolving latency issues
> Consumer behavior monitoring firm Compete Inc. noted Verizon Wireless'
> recently launched Push to Talk service will begin to siphon subscribers from
> current walkie-talkie leader Nextel once its latency issues are resolved.
Wishful thinking.
First off V o IP technology is so different than Nextels that some
latency will remain, and its not being reduced at all in the short run,
and more likely will increase as network gets busier.
Secondly, any Nextel User who switches to Verison will have to buy
Verizon hardware, as will anyone he expects to Direct Connect with.
- 11-04-2003, 08:28 AM #5Dan PendragonGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
In article <[email protected]>,
"PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Verizon to steal Nextel PTT customers after resolving latency issues
> Consumer behavior monitoring firm Compete Inc. noted Verizon Wireless'
> recently launched Push to Talk service will begin to siphon subscribers from
> current walkie-talkie leader Nextel once its latency issues are resolved.
Wishful thinking.
First off V o IP technology is so different than Nextels that some
latency will remain, and its not being reduced at all in the short run,
and more likely will increase as network gets busier.
Secondly, any Nextel User who switches to Verison will have to buy
Verizon hardware, as will anyone he expects to Direct Connect with.
- 11-04-2003, 10:27 AM #6Evan PlattGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:21:07 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Verizon to steal Nextel PTT customers after resolving latency issues
>Consumer behavior monitoring firm Compete Inc. noted Verizon Wireless'
>recently launched Push to Talk service will begin to siphon subscribers from
>current walkie-talkie leader Nextel once its latency issues are resolved.
>Verizon Wireless said last week in its third-quarter results that it has
>signed up more than 100,000 subscribers to its PTT offering.
I have a friend who is unable to get PTT. Verizon says it's not
available in his market.
Oh... I forgot to mention the market - we're not talking Podunk -
we're talking Sacramento, California. Yeah, maybe you've heard of it -
it's like the State Capital.
Go figure.
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
- 11-04-2003, 10:27 AM #7Evan PlattGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:21:07 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Verizon to steal Nextel PTT customers after resolving latency issues
>Consumer behavior monitoring firm Compete Inc. noted Verizon Wireless'
>recently launched Push to Talk service will begin to siphon subscribers from
>current walkie-talkie leader Nextel once its latency issues are resolved.
>Verizon Wireless said last week in its third-quarter results that it has
>signed up more than 100,000 subscribers to its PTT offering.
I have a friend who is unable to get PTT. Verizon says it's not
available in his market.
Oh... I forgot to mention the market - we're not talking Podunk -
we're talking Sacramento, California. Yeah, maybe you've heard of it -
it's like the State Capital.
Go figure.
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
- 11-04-2003, 12:24 PM #8Diamond DaveGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
doesn't mean beans.
Dave
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 08:27:55 -0800, Evan Platt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Oh... I forgot to mention the market - we're not talking Podunk -
>we're talking Sacramento, California. Yeah, maybe you've heard of it -
>it's like the State Capital.
>
>Go figure.
>To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
- 11-04-2003, 12:24 PM #9Diamond DaveGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
doesn't mean beans.
Dave
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 08:27:55 -0800, Evan Platt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Oh... I forgot to mention the market - we're not talking Podunk -
>we're talking Sacramento, California. Yeah, maybe you've heard of it -
>it's like the State Capital.
>
>Go figure.
>To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
- 11-04-2003, 05:54 PM #10Mike WardGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
>doesn't mean beans.
Sacramento is not a small market.
There are roughly a million and a half people in the
Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
market.
Mike
- 11-04-2003, 05:54 PM #11Mike WardGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
>doesn't mean beans.
Sacramento is not a small market.
There are roughly a million and a half people in the
Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
market.
Mike
- 11-04-2003, 09:11 PM #12KA7EIIGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
> >doesn't mean beans.
>
> Sacramento is not a small market.
>
> There are roughly a million and a half people in the
> Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
> believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
>
> It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
> market.
>
> Mike
I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
in the Sacramento area. I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my
wife and I had no problem with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento
area. Our mobile-to-mobile and even the data worked great. You
need a good map to find some of the rural places here in Utah that
Verizon's PTT works in.
- 11-04-2003, 09:11 PM #13KA7EIIGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:24:00 GMT, Diamond Dave
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Sacramento is a small market IMHO. Just because its the state capital
> >doesn't mean beans.
>
> Sacramento is not a small market.
>
> There are roughly a million and a half people in the
> Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto TV market (#19 in the country) and I
> believe just over a mlllion in the Sacramento radio market (#27).
>
> It's not New York or Chicago or even San Francisco, but it's a large
> market.
>
> Mike
I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
in the Sacramento area. I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my
wife and I had no problem with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento
area. Our mobile-to-mobile and even the data worked great. You
need a good map to find some of the rural places here in Utah that
Verizon's PTT works in.
- 11-05-2003, 11:06 AM #14Evan PlattGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On 4 Nov 2003 19:11:19 -0800, [email protected] (KA7EII) wrote:
>I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
>in the Sacramento area.
Well, he went to 2 different indirect dealers, both said the same
thing..
>I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my wife and I had no problem
>with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento area.
Did you use the PTT?
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
- 11-05-2003, 11:06 AM #15Evan PlattGuest
Re: news: Verizon Set to Siphon Off NEXTELs PTT Custs Once Latency Resolved
On 4 Nov 2003 19:11:19 -0800, [email protected] (KA7EII) wrote:
>I find it hard to believe that Verizon's PTT service is not available
>in the Sacramento area.
Well, he went to 2 different indirect dealers, both said the same
thing..
>I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago and my wife and I had no problem
>with Verizon coverage in the Sacramento area.
Did you use the PTT?
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.
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