Push-to-Talk - What's the fascination?

O.K.

With the recent clamor about Sprint and Verizon offering PPT in the near future, I can't help but wonder what the fascination is all about.

From my understanding - when Nextel first introduced it, it was a great feature for business application, primarily because it was so much cheaper than burning up cellular minutes - and often a business communication could be effectively carried out in short order - with little discussion - e.g. "Fred, the Henderson's pool sprung a leak - go look at it would ya?" or "Bob, the PDC in the South Annex crashed - please go re-boot it."

That kinda stuff.

But now with calling plans being what they are - you can get a ton on minutes for a fraction of the cost than they used to be - Plus, with the introduction of mobile to mobile minutes and plans - it makes it even more economically feasible to use cellular for business.

And where does Text Messaging play into all of this - it seems like the PTT of the aughts

I guess what I am curious about is what everyone else's views of the perks of PTT - i.e why would you want it over standard cellular?

I'd love to hear your opinions - I'm at a loss....

s.

 

I completely agree from the provider standpoint - once you offer cellular service - text messaging, and now video/image transfer - what do you offer next to entice customers?

But from the consumer standpoint......

I'm just going to chalk it up to the gimmick or the gadget of the year...... maybe CB's will make a comeback - I've already got my "handle" picked out!

spanky.