Subject: [NEXTEL-1] RE: Independent Site Operation

From: "Josh Osmialowski" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:44:25 -0400 (EDT)

Do you have any realization about how little a NexTel cell actually covers?
Odds are that in a power outage, neither phone would be on the same site anyhow. Just sitting here in my room, my POS i205 test phone (one with no service, used to judge signal) roams around to several different towers, 4-5 of them, it rarely is on the site that is physically closest to my house. 
If you were in a situation where ISO (Isolated Site Operation) was favorable, A) you'd have to be pretty close to the other parts B) being on the other side of a building from someone could even place one of the phones on another tower C) I think only the R750 does this at this time and is probably not a 'great' feature to have as in many places, NexTel is simply too overbuilt to make it actually usable.
Now, if it were a traditional SMR or a multi-site public safety style system, ISO could work, does work.
-Josh
Message: 20Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:33:57 -0400From: "Mike Edwards" &lt;[email-masked]&gt;Subject: Independent Site OperationGood Day,With the upcoming release of the i315 and i325 can anyone here tell me ifthe the Nextel network is ISO enabled in the southeast? or anywhere for thatmatter?I am considering upgrading to one of these phones and would like to know ifthis feature is usable in the event of another fiber fiasco like the onelast weekend in N.C./S.C.If not is there any plan in the forseeable future to enable this feature?It seems to me that as hard as Nextel pushes their service at public safetythis would be an EXCELLANT feature to have enabled. Just to clarify I am nottalking about Mototalk but independent site operation which as I understandallows for DC calls to function within the coverage area of that 1 cell siteto another handset in that cell site coverage area.ThanksMikeOxford GA

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