Nextel/Sprint Verizon

[kandklandscape]

Got tired of paying Nextel $1000-$1200 a month for cell.... got verizon now, they are telling me after anaylizing my bills for 3 months that I will save approx $650-850 a month! They are telling me that the SAME amount of minutes I have with nextel I will save that much with Verizon.

Today is the first day in 5 years I had another carrier. So far verizon coverage is a little weaker then Nextel.

I like the fact of voice command, programming phones tonight so I can see what all they have.

But my ? is this, why in the world does nextel charge so much more then the rest do? It does not sound to me like this is a salesmans pitch because he analized the bills right with me, over a 3 mo period sold me EXACTLY what I needed...

So I was thinking of JUST getting nextel walkie talkie, thought about buying radios but gosh the cost, $35 a mo for walkie talkies.... so $70 compared to $4000 for radios, sounds alot better. Of course 4000$ over time would pay off but paying $70 a month seems more efficent to do nextel.

ANyone switch from nextel to verizon. BTW we did not get the PTT with verizon as i heard it sucks, From about 50 ppl who have it. Do you prefer direct connect or making a phone call?

[kandklandscape]

Verizon told me and he assured as long as no min overages, which we barely do we will be paying $350 for what nextelgave us.

I had nextel unlimited 199$ sweet deal! unlimited everything! But now since i got verizon, i have 6000 min for $199 that sucks a little bit, because everyonce in a while i do use a little over 6000 min, most i used in one month after analizing the bills was 6200..... i have used 10000 min before when we were in the busiest time during summer. so i will be screwed then. just need to watch myself.

$350 for 5 lines of cell service is not bad, seeing mine is $199 the rest is shared minutes that are split between the other 4 lines. they rarely use there phone, plus they will now get free verizon to verizon.

[AI Inc]

I have both , I pay nextell about $300 a month for a total of 4 phones 200 minutes on 3 and 1200 minutes on my personal one. I also pay verizon $79 a month for 1 single phone for me, Basicaly a backup for areas where nextel is weak.
I like PTT a lot more then making a call , fast and easy.

[kandklandscape]

DC is great! I loved it, but my god the company can find many more ways to spend 1000-1200 a month for cell phones. we already have 8 other lines, landlines, phones are so freaking expensive!

we are thinking of getting nextel DC in about a month or so, or getting radios, seeing what would be cheaper in the long run, radios sound cheaper but start up cost is alot, plus you need to buy batteries every 2 years or so.

[Runner]

One thing to consider, is that you may have used 10,000 min. during the summer before, but if you are talking to others (customers and such) on their cell phones, most people use Verizon,...so now, anytime you are talking to Verizon users, there is no deduction from that. Verizon to Verizon is free.

[grass-scapes]

since most of my calls are incoming, I have the unlimited incoming calls from Nextel. I just bumped up my plan from the 500 minutes to the 800 outgoing minutes and pay 5 bucks for 7 pm nights (free after 7) I kept getting close to the 500 minutes so thats why I bumped it up. its like 84 bucks for my line plus taxes.

[shiveslandcsaping]

Yea I have free incoming as well. And for the others if they dont all have to have phone minutes get a small minute share plan and how ever many phones you need and restrict the phone usage on the ones that dont need it and they will still have DC.

[cpel2004]

Nextel/sprint Is The Antichrist! They Always Overcharge!

[IMoLwnz.com]

I am so hooked on the DC!! Its the oly way I like to talk when its snowing MUCH fast er and easier to do when plowing all my guys have it and If they dont Im looking at a Boost for them. I pay ALOT too

I have 4 verizon Phones for the family and my Nextel
About 300 or so per MO for all. I think thats alot for phones but what can you do they have us all hooked we like having phones...

[Xtreme Lawns by Roger Inc]

I left nextel for overcharges and switched over to att and got a way cheaper plan 6 lines 9000 minutes and never looked back.. direct connect over rated!!!

[IMoLwnz.com]

DC is but I really do like it and I am hooked on it.
My JD sales rep had DC and now they switched to Verizon because of cost. I am the only one that has the Nextel the guys that work for me have their own phones and that works well. I bet the nextel beep beet goes cha-ching on their end

[TRL]

This is something to take into consideration...

Look into Boost Mobile phones at your local Sprint/Nextel Store. It's my understanding that Boost is a subsidiary of Nextel.

Boost is basically a pay-as-you-go program for direct connect. Any Nextel phone with SIM cards can be used or you can buy a phone for $30. The charge for direct connect is $1 per day.

I've also read Sprint is pushing the hybrid Sprint voice phones since they pay Motorola for IDEN Nextel network usage.

[TRL]

We used to value the PTT functionality when it was saving the company money over the cost of additional cell lines. Sometimes a PTT conversation can take too long. The best feature was the alert functionality and the frequency of the audible alert, however, it's my understanding that some regular cell phones offer similar functionality.

[DBL]

we use direct connect just as much as we use the phone its a little more money than another carrier but its worth it

[Turf Commando]

Centenial wireless anyone...?

[Jpocket]

I would get rid of nextel in a min. if it wasn't for direct connect. I only talk to 2-3 people on a daily basis, but these are key ppl, and it's nice to get little info without calling te person. Also ALOT of other contractors use it so you never know when it will come in handy thats why I keep it. Cost alittle more but it's worth it's weight in gold when I need it.

Ppl. that have DC i never call it's easy to dc them and say the 2 or 3 words I need to say.

[FCPWLLC]

Been with Nextel for 8 years. 4 phones, unlimited incoming $300/ month. Never go over minutes. Can't find ANY other provider that can match that price for the amount of minutes logged on our phones. The FREE incoming is the key. I am able to advertise my phone number everywhere and never worry about going over minutes due to folks calling us. You can CONTROL outgoing but can't control incoming. NEXTEL is only expensive if you do lots of texting or data stuff. None of which we do. Just phones and direct connect. Emailing is for the laptops. LOL

[jt5019]

Love Nextel for for when we are plowing... plus almost everyone at my firehouse uses Nextel and we all DC with each other. My bill really isnt much at all , i took off all the unnecessary crap like internet and text messaging. If i need to use the internet i have two computers at home.

[PROCUT1]

They all suck. I had nextel for years but instead of the service getting better it kept getting WORSE. Its like they kept taking down towers or something. I couldent take it anymore. Everytime I would make a call, I would have to call the same person back 5 times to have a 2 min convo due to dropped calls. Plus I could never figure out the bill.

I switched everyone over to verizon. The service is great but same thing with the bills. There are so many fees and charges I cant figure out.

I love how they tell you $39.99 a month, but by the time they add in fees, surcharges, and taxes its double that.