[ScanIndiana] NEXTEL

[Rob Dale]

> the Nextel system.  After some heavy research, I came to the 
> conclusion that a nextel scanner is very possible, and (like 
> anything else) can be produced if the demand is high enough.

That may be true in theory but does not apply to the real world ;> Look at
what sort of pull NEXTEL has on the public safety band -- proposing to
actually move 800MHz systems to 700MHz with a mega-money buyout. The
cellphone industry as a whole doesn't have that sort of influence, yet they
were able to ban cell freq's from scanners. What do you think NEXTEL
lobbyists would do in Congress if a NEXTEL-monitoring scanner was ever
brought to the FCC?

That's right -- now we agree there will never be a NEXTEL-capable scanner.
And going to our Congress-critter and saying "I'm a scanner user, I _have_
to be able to listen to the private conversations of my neighbors" probably
won't go very far at all.

 - Rob