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Great service, Bad options

Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
By: SElcuk Guven on Sunday, September 24, 2006
From: Brooklyn, NY (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: Walkie Talkie
Great Coverage

Cons: Limited choice of phones
Expensive plans

Summary: Nextel is one of the major carriers right now. They are most popular because of their walkie talkie service. The walkie talkie service works just like a regualr set of walkie talkie, except you can contact anyone, doesn't matter how far they are. Nextel has great coverage, on highways sometimes you might have a weak signal but thats normal with all other carriers also.
The limtied choice of phones really does down Nextel. You can not use another phone except the ones made by motorola or nextel. Nextels phones aren't GSM so you can't use them all over the world except the (i930).
The plans are good but they are expensive. They do have plans with unlimited walkie talkie, and nights and weekends. Over all, this is a great service.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Great Phone

Overall Rating:
4.3 out of 5
By: Doris Cox on Friday, September 22, 2006
From: London, KY (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: Clear sound, great graphics, easy to use, GPS, no drop calls, web capable.

Cons: Plans are a little high.

Summary: I could not get through the day without my nextel phone. It keeps me connected with my family and business in so many ways. I really like how you can keep up with family or business personal with GPS and keep track of minutes and calls on the internet nextel site. Also the walkie talkies on the phones is another great way to stay connected without using plans minutes.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

service

Overall Rating:
1 out of 5
By: Laura Robinson on Thursday, September 21, 2006
From: spring, TX (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: none what so ever

Cons: never works

Summary: i have nextel and they stink big time the service never works , they drop you constantly, they are rude when you call for help i am in the process of looking for a better provider, and their phones are worthless they always break and you have to pay for the repairs even if they are under service

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Cell Phone Coverage

Overall Rating:
1.7 out of 5
By: Bill Bennett on Tuesday, September 05, 2006
From: Indianapolis, IN (United States)
Experience: 5 Years
Pros: Convenience, Two way feature

Cons: Dropped calls

Summary: I make most of my calls in state and the dropped calls occur at least 3-5 times a week. This is very frustrating. In addition, there are several times in which I hear static on the line or can not hear the other person speaking. I have turned up the volume all the way to try and compensate for this problem. In addition, there are several times in which I am unable to understand what the other person is saying.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Nextel Signal Terrible

Overall Rating:
2.3 out of 5
By: charles george on Monday, September 04, 2006
From: aiken, SC (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: I like direct connect

Cons: I hardly get a signal

Summary: I like the Nextel phone because i can use direct connect but alot of times i find myself without a signal.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

blah!

Overall Rating:
2.3 out of 5
By: dawn hecke on Thursday, August 31, 2006
From: ingleside, IL (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: I love the walkie-talkie service they offer!

Cons: They're customer service stinks!

Summary: I received a bill that said I went over my mins. by 200 mins.when in fact I only went over 29 mins.They never fixed the problem for me or adjusted my bill. :(

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Not Happy

Overall Rating:
1.3 out of 5
By: LA Davidson on Thursday, August 24, 2006
From: Oakland, CA (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: Direct access using Nextel's 2-way feature.

Cons: The direct access is not always working and the phone seems to drop a lot of calls.

Summary: After being a loyal Nextel customer for over 2 years, I have seen a sharp decline in customer service and phone service. The phone has more dropped calls & instances of certain features not being available. I am paying a considerable amount of money monthly for horrible service. When I call customer service and try to weigh the options, they are no help at all. I think Nextel service is too unpredictable and unreliable for the $.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

coverage

Overall Rating:
1.7 out of 5
By: fred engelman on Thursday, August 24, 2006
From: belle harbor, NY (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: at a few addresses, I get very good coverage, and signal strength, but If I move very far, like a few feet, I get NONE AT ALL

Cons: coverage stinks

Summary: the coverage is hit or miss at best and they seem unwilling to address this issue

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

No service

Overall Rating:
1.7 out of 5
By: Karen DeGraaf on Thursday, August 24, 2006
From: Fennville, MI (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: I love the walkie talkie

Cons: We hardly have any service in this area and surroundings!

Summary: They need a lot more towers here. This is the country and we have a hard time getting service and if you do get service you can't understand the other person!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

not cheap with old customers

Overall Rating:
2 out of 5
By: chris taylor on Thursday, August 24, 2006
From: warrenville, SC (United States)
Experience: 2 Years
Pros: good phones, good signal, good walkie talkie

Cons: too pricey

Summary: my phone was severly messed up, each time i tried to dial a number it would walkie talkie someone whom i didn't know. it wouldn't hold signal, and it would reset just sitting on the charger. i called nextel to just purchase a new phone. for $300.00 I could get an exact phone like i have, which i got for free to begin with. so i am stuck with a "crazy" phone. until i can afford the $300 to buy a new one.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful


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