I don't know what subscribers you hang around with, but I can tell you from first hand experience, that the most important features with the Nextel phones are in the following order: 1. direct connect, 2: voice mail, 3: paging, 4: cell phone. The nextel units are a virtual mobil office. The direct connect allows me to keep in touch with my employees, and associated businesses that are on our own network. The voice mail and paging allows me to receive calls whereever I am. Should I be in my office or on the road, I can answer the caller from a landline, if I am without a landline, I will use the cell. My business has increased dramatically with the introduction of these units, and I as have most others have gotten rid of our ATT, Sprint, Bell Atlantic cell phones because they are not in the same league as the Nextel units. I can also tell you that we are currently paying approximately 150 a month per unit. Sounds high, but under examination we have increased our productivity by over 40% with the units and they more than pay for themselves. Calls come to my office, and I am notified immediately by the direct correct feature used by my secretary. I have to a large extent replaced my regular telephone number with my nextel number because with the nextel units are I am always accessible either directly or thru voice mail.
This is the experience of all the companies that I am aware of who use the units. Sprint is offering digital telephone service for approximately .10 cents per minute. No comparison, you still have to dial a number and wait. The direct connect puts you in touch with another person with the push of a button.
Recently, I have seen networks within networks established. This is possible because the radios can be programed to communicate with specific people within a network.
Advantage, Big time, Nextel
Ken |
