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To: Nick Papa who wrote (8778)	2/19/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Arnie Doolittle	Respond to of 10227

Everyone thinks the competition's network, quality of service, etc. is inferior. It goes with the territory. I use NXTL and I'm happy as a clam. Check it out for yourself. As to bandwidth, NXTL has less than PCS carriers but there's some debate about what that means. Maybe someone else can help you with that one. Arnie

To: Nick Papa who wrote (8778)	2/19/1999 12:22:00 PM
From: Rob Prickett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Nick, You will find various responses to your query, based on localized levels of quality of the Nextel network. Some bulls will ignore quality issues, while bears will exaggerate them. I've tried to follow national network quality input from various sources over the last year. Around last May (1998) and again around September 1998, there were some major quality problems in certain cities of heavy traffic, as well as roll-outs. Many of the quality problems have been resolved - some still exist in NYC, for example. Go straight to Users' comments, using a vehicle like DejaNews or Excite: dejanews.com[ST_rn=qs]/qs.xp?QRY=nextel&OP=dnquery.xp&LNG=english&ST=QS&DBS=2 Hope this helped, Rob

To: Nick Papa who wrote (8778)	2/19/1999 12:33:00 PM
From: AlexGK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Not sure if you implied this but WinStar and Nextel are not in the same business (fixed wireless local loop vs mobile wireless). Completely different technologies (LMDS vs CDMA) at different frequencies. While there have been problems with CDMA deployment in general (and I don't mean specifically Nextel), it is a technology that works well, maybe just not as well as some had originally hoped. I do know of people that use Nextel and have not been overall pleased. But I use AT&T and I experience the same problems the Nextel users do. (BTY - AT&T uses TDMA). Remember, Nextel offers some value-added features for business users that other provides do not (i.e., two-way radio, etc.)