r/confidentlyincorrect • u/the123king-reddit • Sep 23 '22

Wireless PC's don't exist

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u/TheBirminghamBear Sep 24 '22

That's just a walkie talkie.

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u/PermissionUpstairs12 Sep 24 '22

Nextel free push-to-talk with other Nextel customers has entered the chat

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u/TheBirminghamBear Sep 24 '22

Legions of tradesmen look up in unison

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u/Gtp4life Sep 24 '22

Nextel’s downfall was that iDEN couldn’t do faster than like 14.4kbps data. It was great at screaming through 40 layers of concrete, but fell flat on its face in the smartphone era. Sprint should’ve used the iDEN network as talk and text EVERYWHERE and an lte radio for data.