tommy3rd
I Am Nuckin Futs
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join:2000-03-10
Clifton, NJ | reply to BillRoland
Re: Good for Apple but...
I am still convinced the merger with sprint caused all their problems. their service was great up until that point. It was so bad that i had to switch carriers. |
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KevNYC
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join:2002-03-31
Seattle, WA | reply to joako
Miami just sucks for most carriers period. |
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bestech
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join:2002-02-28
Hillsboro, TN
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said by matrix3D  :I know their coverage is pitiful in New York as I can NEVER reach my friend who lives in the area. Every single time I call him it's the same old "ring three times and go to voicemail" routine while he never gets a single ring on his end. That or the "please hold while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located" -- which, of course, their system is NEVER able to do. To sum it all up, my friend is absolutely disgusted with them and has been looking forward to Nov. 2nd when his contract is set to expire with great anticipation. He's been talking about switching to Verizon which apparently many of his friends (including myself) have and which has much better coverage than Nextel in pretty much any part of the country. Yes, Yes, Verizon is where it is at! Cingular Claims to be the best, but surely not here in Tennessee, Dropped calls All Around! Verizon Works Wherever I go, and works Great when I travel too! I agree NexTel Sux!! |
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BillRoland
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join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
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Well there are a few things to keep in mind about NEXTEL. Right now for instance they are in the middle of the re-banding effort in which they're moving to different ESMR spectrum and getting away from Public Safety Radio frequencies to eliminate interference. While this is happening (its going on nationwide now I believe), NEXTEL effectively loses 25% of their capacity as they have to vacate channels and wait for Public Safety to relocate to them and vacate the other channels for NEXTEL to move to them. During this time they've turned WiDEN off pretty much everywhere, and they're also using data channels for voice in the interim, meaning iDEN data just got even slower. Re-banding has created a mess. When its all said and done things should improve though.
System Busy, Call Failed, etc are all indicative of major congestion problems, obviously. You may notice them adding 900MHz channels to alleviate congestion but its my understanding that these 900MHz channels are only being used for interconnect calls at this time. A3 User Busy In Data is just what it means, its not a system issue it means whoever you're trying to Direct Connect is using the web or sending/receiving a text or MMS message. Also when you attempt to call somebody and receive the "Please hold while the NEXTEL subscriber you are trying to reach is located," one of four things has happened:
1. Their phone did not respond when the system tried to page it that it had an incoming phone call. As a result the iDEN network will page all the cell sites in a radius around the site where your phone was last known to be registered, instructing it to make contact with the system immediately.
2. The user is on a Direct Connect call. If this is the case, then the system knows where the customer you are trying to call is. It is simply stalling you in the hope that the dispatch (Direct Connect) session will time out (it times out after 6 seconds of inactivity) and it can page the phone to inform it that it has an incoming interconnect call.
3. The user is browsing the web or sending/receiving a message. If this is happening, again the system knows where the phone it, but it is simply stalling in the hope that a break in the data action will allow it to page the phone and inform it that it has an incoming call.
4. The cell site is too busy and has no free channels to use for a voice call. In this situation the message is simply played to stall the user in the hope that a channel will become available in which to complete the call.
At this point in time, iDEN cannot have an active voice and data session going at the same time. I don't believe CDMA can either, however I think UMTS/HSDPA can.
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
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I know your not lying because I heard of similar stories. But when the time comes and I head to NY I would see how the coverage is there. I don't do business with Verizon even if FIOS did come to my area.
I drove around most of Florida and always had good ignal but I am not going to compare nextel with verizon since that would only lead a flame war between people here. |
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matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Deep River, CT
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I know their coverage is pitiful in New York as I can NEVER reach my friend who lives in the area. Every single time I call him it's the same old "ring three times and go to voicemail" routine while he never gets a single ring on his end. That or the "please hold while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located" -- which, of course, their system is NEVER able to do.
To sum it all up, my friend is absolutely disgusted with them and has been looking forward to Nov. 2nd when his contract is set to expire with great anticipation. He's been talking about switching to Verizon which apparently many of his friends (including myself) have and which has much better coverage than Nextel in pretty much any part of the country. |
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
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said by Michieru2 :What you say is a rare issues these days, that used to be 2+ year's ago. People still sound like robots however, unless you had a nice tech hack the phone for you (if you ever need service go to Advance Radio Systems they are on NW 87 Ave past NW 12 or so...)
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | reply to joako
What you say is a rare issues these days, that used to be 2+ year's ago. |
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
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said by Michieru2 :Get a Nextel. Mine has gone through hell when I worked in construction, meaning it fell off roofs, got covered in thick roof paint, dust all over and the outer case looks horrible. But that phone is still working and it's not even military grade. Mine is the i710, I heard the i560 is way more reliable. By the way a RED LCD display would be awesome, include orange as well. And everyone sounds like a robot. You are in Miami which is one of the worst Nextel markets..... "Call Failed, system busy" "Please try again", "User Busy in A03", etc, etc
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