Long winded Fred: :-)
The following comments are not criticisms but rather my feeble attempt to understand a) what you're talking about, and, b) what the financial incentive would be for anyone to want to do these things.
You're so far ahead of me that I don't know half of what you're saying. Value-added ways of using NXTL's service, eh? My guess is that NXTL is not interested in allowing packagers (which is what you're talking about) to horn in on their turf but if you're really interested in "start creating our own yellow pages", be aware that NXTL has already released directories for Southern California, broken down by business category.
"Establishment of local, regional and national Nextel user groups aligned by industry, market, sector" Why? For what business purpose?
"Establishment of a nationwide Nextel referral network of users." Why would a NXTL user have confidence in another company just because it's also a NXTL user? T, FON et al have some mighty fine customers too.
"make a difference in the world. Examples could include: - clear out drugs and gangs in crime ridden neighborhoods." Seems to me that the local NXTL reps could contact the law enforcement folks in charge of community awareness-Neighborhood Watch programs and ask them to include iDEN phones w/DC as part of a complete program.
I like your thoughts re use of iDEN for credit card purchases at local merchants but I suspect that NXTL would outsource that to someone like Visa or M/C who are probably already trying to figure out how to do it for all wireless technologies.
Obviously you've given these matters considerable thought while I'm shooting from the hip. The biggest issue for me is the motive for any NXTL user to set aside his basic business and refocus his energies on wireless applications. iDEN is a slave to the user, not the master.
Arnie
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