[Scan-DC] Getting a feeling of who still uses Sprint Nextel direct connect.

[Euan Fisk]

My workplace moved from Nextel [IDEN] system to Sprint's Direct Connect
[CDMA] about a year ago when Sprint refused to sell us additional phones
for our fleet.  With the Sprint system we're having about a 20% connection
failure rate compared to Nextel where we had only about 5% failure - a
pretty significant downgrade in performance.  Sure wish there was a better
but still affordable option for PTT communications.


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:21 AM, John Pak <pak.john1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess Sprint is hoping folks will move over to their CDMA push to talk
> phones as the iden is going to be turned off.  I went to a sprint store a
> week ago and according to them CDMA is going to increase the coverage that
> iden didn't do well but only time will tell.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Drzyzgula [mailto:cathy at drzyzgula.org]
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 9:08 AM
> To: 'John Pak'; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Getting a feeling of who still uses Sprint Nextel
> direct connect.
>
> I think you are too late:
>
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57581193-94/sprints-critical-turning-point-
> the-death-of-nextel/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Pak
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 6:13 AM
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Getting a feeling of who still uses Sprint Nextel direct
> connect.
>
> Greetings,
>
>
>
> I am considering getting two Nextel phones to stay in touch with a friend
> and I.  I remember a few years back when many more folks had Nextel making
> the direct connect feature very handy.  I'm trying to get a gage on who
> still uses it to see if it is still worth getting.  Is the use of direct
> connect fairly dead compared to a few years back?  I'd like to get folks
> thoughts.  Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
>
> John
>
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