AT&T rivals Sprint and Verizon by lowering push-to-talk pricing to $5
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1. Big Moe (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:42 0 0
Way to follow suit AT&T!! Just like everything else....GO VZW!
32. yo momma (unregistered) posted on 21 Sep 2008, 18:29 0 0
so true! they just cant catch up! lol besides. vzw's PTT network was vastly updated from the previous one. it is awesome! besides, what good is your "superior" iden network if it is not covered as in many places as VZW's? kinda useless if you think about it...
2. vzw fanboy (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 11:10 0 0
haha lol. i totally agree, many things that verizon has, at&t gets after.
3. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 11:13 0 0
I'll pay $10/month to have push to talk, instead of push to wait...
9. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 13:22 0 0
What they failed to mention is that the $10 you add to Sprint's Individual Plans includes unlimited TEXTING as well as Direct Connect. Kind of important. And of course, it's included with the $99 Simply Everything.
13. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 15:34 0 0
actually its almost the exact technology that sprint uses with its direct connect... go to a store and try it.... stupid...
4. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 11:21 0 0
or push-to-hello? hello? is there anyone out there? neither will ever come close to sprint's push-to-talk client base
15. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 15:36 0 0
compare the coverage map for ptt vs either iden or qchat.... pull it up online
17. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 15:59 0 0
Actually VZW's ptt is based on the EVDO network. So its much more expansive than what you think.
20. anonymous23 (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 17:37 0 0
The sprints PTT is over the EVDO "fixing to be Wimax" The Nextel is still over iden = Sprint is much better than VZW or ATT
5. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 12:04 0 0
the $60 savings will be gobled up by ther redikulos voice priceing
6. PTTuser (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 12:29 0 0
We've tried their PTT, it was so bad we wouldn't use it if they gave it away. They can't have that many subscribers.
24. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 23:02 0 0
Tried ATT for a month. There is no way anyone who uses PTT would ever consider it. Tried VZW, not even a close 2nd to Sprint/Nextel. Most of our guys have iDENs and a couple have the new stuff, I want the new V950. I played with one of our driver's v950, that is one sweet phone.
7. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 13:04 0 0
verizon and AT&T should give up on PTT altogether, as long as the iDen network is still up and running and with Sprint still leading the way with Q-chat and Nextel Direct Connect (if iDen should go kaput).
10. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 14:29 0 0
anyone tried the new PTT on VZW? i played w/ it in a store the other day. it was fast.
12. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 14:46 0 0
both units have been reviewed by phonearena and they came away wholly unimpressed unless signal was perfect. i believe they even recommended verizon drop ptt altogether, haha.
11. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 14:46 0 0
How long does it take for PTT on att? 5 seconds? lol 2-3 if it works for vzw sub seconds for sprint and its included in everything but the base minute plans really doesnt help either vzw or att
