Possible carrier switch

Totally understandable. I don't enjoy paying for something that isn't meeting my needs (Verizon in my case). I hope integration doesn't cause problems here....

 

I know in my county Nextel is in the process of the rebanding of the emergency radios, so that could be what's going on with the coverage issues in this part of the country.
I haven't been experiencing too many issues with them since I have had them the last 3 weeks, but know it may be coming.

 

let us know on how well nextel works out for you!

 

Wow, Fire, since when do you have Nextel? How come you quietly decided to sign up with them?

 

Well Nextel has been known/is known to have SMS problems. This is a known issue with them. Glad everything else seems to be working!

 

I got them about 3 weeks ago from the county, I was made a team leader on the fire & explosion investigation task force & all team leaders as well as the county mutual aid chiefs have them.
I use to have them when I had my towing & recovery business as well & they are very useful when they work.
It is one of the reason's I like the idea that Cingular is coming out with PTT, it could be good to have even with my family.

 

Maybe with Cingular coming out w/ PTT it will be actually useful as I find many places, even in urban areas that Nextel just doesn't work, but Cingular works almost everywhere I go.

 

I don't know if Nextel's prepaid is the same as Sprints but I found the problem with prepaid is your coverage is not as vast because you cannot roam off the network so it is hard to tell if the particular carrier would be the right choice.

 

Here in MA. we use Nextel in our trucks and there are way too many holes in their coverage and as others have pointed out rural areas are Nextel's weak spot. It will be interesting to see how the merger works out for the two (hopefully for the better) those that I know who have Sprint are somewhat happy but their one complaint is they keep saying they are going to build out their network but never do.

 

Will this help you?
http://www.shopnextelconnections.com/
http://www.nextel.com/cgi-bin/localMarketMap.cgi?market=mkt51

 

There is no roaming on Nextel's network period. If you have a Nextel phone and it works, you're on their network. Nextel is the only carrier operating an iDen network in the US

 

Congrats on your new position Fire! I'm sure this will be fun for you. You and Shoresguy can have a nice little chat

I've never personally used Nextels, but they can be useful for businesses and emergency operations when they work.

 

Thanks Andy, as for when they work they are very useful, even with the dead spots they work better then the trunk system we have in the county, I know between my cell, the Nextel & 2 way radio I should be covered throughout the county with some type of communications.