[IP] -- more on -- Party lines Push-to-talk service (TRUELY AMAZING HOW ONE CAN CHARGE MORE FOR SOMETHING THAT SAVES YOU MONEY (the wireless carrier) DJF)

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: Robert Lee <robertslee@comcast.net>
>
> I had a business that programmed, sold, and supported turnkey IT solutions
> for medical offices.  We had 40 employees.  All our technicians, trainers,
> programmers, and support people had Nextel phones.
>
> The PTT was the communications armature around which are company ran.  At
> any time of the day or night we could press a button and get an answer.  It
> is a way to multiplex a physical human being.  Very powerful for a business.
>
> Now that Verizon and others are getting in it I have shorted Nextel.  I
> don't think it will do much for Verizon but I am sure it will hurt Nextel.
>
> Only in the telco field could all competitors sit around on their hands for
> a full decade while Nextel built themselves up from nothing to the only
> profitably cell company around.
>
> But then again, this is the same industry that waited 40 years to compete
> with the cable companies.
>
>
> Robert Lee
> Encoda
> Office  610-397-1632
> Home  610-642-9707
> Cell     610-724-1288

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