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Re: Twice the customers, half the network... Uhhh... a lot of people that use it for work purposes have it so they can be heard RIGHT NOW, a lot of times not even needing a response from the person on the other end. On the farm, it was very useful, and it still is.
As for why the general public carries them, I'm not sure. If they don't need them for work, it seems to me like a "Yeah, I'm THAT important" type of accessory. | |
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| said by CMoore2004:Uhhh... a lot of people that use it for work purposes have it so they can be heard RIGHT NOW, a lot of times not even needing a response from the person on the other end. On the farm, it was very useful, and it still is. As for why the general public carries them, I'm not sure. If they don't need them for work, it seems to me like a "Yeah, I'm THAT important" type of accessory. I've seen it useful in multi-person crews; conversations were going back and forth among the members much faster than they would have without Nextel. It was more work-speed than the clunky dial and call system. I've also seen it unnecessary in other work situations where it was used.
I've heard that the kids from Los Angeles think it's de rigour. It could be that low class thing the guy from Lansing, MI above talked about; I assumed it got popular just because it started in the business world of the street (where the same work benefits mentioned above are important): gangs and drugs, and then because that was "cool" went over to the non-business of similar streets.
What I want to know is what the interaction procedure with Nextel is when you're interested in someone; I know with cell phones, before texts, you asked the other person their number, they told it to you, you typing it in as they spoke it, then then you pressed green, and then your number went on their phone (caller id). Then you both had it in the number buffer, and would hit save and ask each other's name. The whole fake number thing disappeared. Texts are basically almost identical procedurally. But, Nextel? "Hey, what's your PTT number?" "234 star 1092 star 3" "Beep" "Ok I got you" is that it? Or were teenagers socializing with Nextel in cliques that never changed so they were 100% incestuous and never left their clan, and never passed their numbers? Or, could you type in a new group and meet everyone in the group at the same time with a single button push, with the ultimate family test done right then and there? Anyway ... that was an aside.
Of course PTT is half duplex and otherwise not that different than circuit switched phone calls. They could easily program the benefits of PTT into all the other networks, if they wanted to. Quick connect, group conversations, multi-way conversations, etc.. | |
| I think most of the Nextel phones have groupconnect (multiple people at once) and some even have the ability to work only as a two-way radio while off-network, much like the "walkie-talkie". | |
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