XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , JF Mezei   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > > it was a disaster for nextel. sprint killed it.   
   >   
   > Actually the problem is that Sprint bought it and didn't shut it down   
   > fast.   
      
   nope. sprint tried to replace it with a cdma version, which turned out   
   to be a disaster.   
      
   > (in part because CDMA didn't offer the "push to talk"   
   > functionality of iDEN. )   
      
   yes it did.   
      
   what cdma didn't offer was the substantial rfi of iden.   
      
   one of the more amusing demonstrations of that rfi was keying up a   
   nextel phone in a public restroom and having all toilets flush in   
   unison.   
      
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