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WELL SAID...........Could not have said it better. Go VERIZON.... 2Thumbs
Up... Can you hear me now!!!!
<dalite01@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> <infinitisound@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Don't lose focus of what PTT is for. PTT is for quick short
>> conversations. I am in the audio business where I rent and operate
>> sound systems. Here is a simulation of using verizon PTT and Nextel
>> PTT in my sort of business. This is to show the importance of low
>> delay. : For simplicity, I will use an average case of 2 second for
>> Nextel and 15 seconds for Verizon for *initial* connections. The 2
>> seconds for Nextel is being conservative as it is typically about 1
>> second.
>>
> ---------------------Nextel
> simulation--------------------------------------
> (2 seconds) Person A -> Person B : "Where did you park the truck?"
>
> (2 seconds) Person B- > Person A: "I dont ^&*())*(&*&*^%*%^%& C because
> he **********d it"
> (2 Seconds) Person A - > Person B: "Come Again; I didn't get that."
>
> (2 Seconds) Person B -> Person A: "Sorry, I didn't get all that; Did you
> want me to go with you to the car dealership to buy a new Truck?"
>
> (2 seconds) Person A-> Person B - "Huh? There must be some mistake. I
> want to know where you parked the truck."
>
> (2 seconds) Person B-> Person A: "I dont know, Ask person C because he
> parked it"
>
> (2 seconds) Person A-> Person C: "Where %^&*()(&*&(* you
> ()()()(_)(_)(_)( van?"
>
> (2 seconds) Person C -> Person A "I can't understand you; call me on my
> cell phone"
>
> Total Nextel overhead connection time: 10 seconds for connects; actual
> conversation time is unpredictable, as the audio quality is too
> undependable to have a straight conversation whithout addiding additional
> time for repeating or explaining what you just didn't say.
>
> ---------------------Verizon
> imulation--------------------------------------
> (15 seconds) Person A -> Person B : "Where did you park the truck?"
> (2 seconds) Person B- > Person A: "I dont know, Ask person C because
> he parked it"
> (15 seconds) Person A-> Person C: "Where did you park the van?"
> (2 seconds) Person C -> Person A "Its behind the stage"
> (15 seconds) Person A -> Person B "Can you go get the cables from the
> truck since you are closest"
>
> Total Verizon overhead connection time: 47 seconds
> This long delay is due to the person having to end then intiate calls
> to different people. The 15 seconds is were a new connection is made.
> --------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I am not a Nextel or a Verizon advocate. I want people to be educated
>> in what PTT is and what it is used for and how it should work. If you
>> do not need a responsive PTT, by all means, use Verizon. I do for my
>> personal cell phone. If you need a responsive PTT, use Nextel.
>>
>
> VZ PTT still has a way to go. It is unlikely it will ever be as quick as
> Nextel PTT, as they are 2 different animals. However, if my life was
> depending on interaction with someone else, I would rather lose a minute
> with slow dependable communcations compared to quick unintelligibility.
>
> This is probably why Snipers dont use short barrelled full automatic
> weapons, and why Hollywood insists on showing a scene where the villian
> alswua screws a surpressor on a wheel gun. A single, well placed
> projectile is far more effective than causing eventual medical hardship on
> the tatrget due to lead poisioning from the dust in the air created by
> flying bullets from a full auto lead dispensing system; just because it is
> faster......
>
> I found that I can forgo a lot of showmanship for a little dependability;
> but that seems to be a foreign idea in today's society.
>
> It's kinda like the old Bull explaining to the yearling that you don't run
> out in the pasture to service one cow; you walk down there and service
> them all.
>
> Your Mileage May Vary........................
>