Regarding data, I don't know a sole currently paying for unlimited internet laptop access either with Nextel, PCS or Verizon. I would love to remotely connect to the internet with a laptop at 56kps or higher for my business but I'm not willing to pay for both landline and mobile access. When I can get reliable 56 kbs or higher unlimited integrated PC and laptop access for a reasonable price I'll disconnect my landline. Maybe someday Nextel will offer this service via Flarion. Or maybe that's pie in the sky like PCS PTT!
Are you at all mobile in your business?
I would think that for a traveling businessman with a laptop that $100 (or $50 in Nextel's case) for constant internet access is at least starting to get into the right price range. There are a ton of people out there that travel at least a week out the month. An extra hundred bucks is basically nothing when you consider their hotel, food, airline, and car rental bills.
Verizon has claimed that they are getting traction in the entreprise market with this offer but havent shown any numbers to back it up.
The FCC spectrum swap is going to happen, IMO. Most likely some sort of negotiated settlement, but a sure positive for Nextel. Doing nothing is not an alternative and Nextel has offered a reasonable solution to solve the problem. Management thinks this will happen before the end of the year.
I think that this would be pretty good for the entire wireless sector. It might lead to consolidation and would allow Nextel the choice of either W-CDMA or CDMA2000 as an upgrade path.
That being said, as a matter of principle, the proposal should be laughed out of the FCC. Think about it....all of Nextel's equipment is manufactured by Motorola (who also owns a major piece), AND most of the radio equipment for police and fire is made by Motorola.
They are interfering with their own equipment!
They want to be rewarded with better spectrum for this? If anything, the police and fire agencies should be suing the hell out of Motorola (if not Nextel).
There are a few folks on the Yahoo club thread that seem to have a pretty good handle on handsets. Check it out:
Thanks for the link....looks like an interesting club.
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