Is Anybody Still Using Legacy Nextels At Work?

[Jim1648]

We still had the old Nextels at the agency I retired from at the end of 2010. I have read that Nextel service will be ending in 2013. Anyway, I am just wondering if anybody is still using these and if anybody here has switched to the Sprint Direct Connect. If so, how to the phones compare and how does the Sprint Direct Connect feature compare to the old Nextel Direct Connect feature?

As a side note, while I don't miss the lack of coverage that Nextel has in very rural areas, I do somewhat miss the Nextel Direct Connect feature. I was pretty handy to just chirp a co-worker or family member.

[HI629]

We still had the old Nextels at the agency I retired from at the end of 2010. I have read that Nextel service will be ending in 2013. Anyway, I am just wondering if anybody is still using these and if anybody here has switched to the Sprint Direct Connect. If so, how to the phones compare and how does the Sprint Direct Connect feature compare to the old Nextel Direct Connect feature?

Sprint hooked me up with a "Motorola Admiral". It works great 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time, we experience sporadic coverage or parts of messages get cut off.

As a side note, while I don't miss the lack of coverage that Nextel has in very rural areas, I do somewhat miss the Nextel Direct Connect feature. I was pretty handy to just chirp a co-worker or family member.