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05-06-2005, 02:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Bridgewater
Posts: 350
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Nextel reception
Does anybody use a Nextel and have you had any luck with reception on the water? I am considering switching from Verizon which works really well reception wise.(Wife has Nextel). I am usually out in Buzzards Bay or out of Plymouth.
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05-06-2005, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: OUTDOORS/ Fairhaven,Ma.
Posts: 1,989
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I have Nextel on my work cell and do not get good reception on the Bay and real spotty out to the islands. But then again I like it that way during the week when I sneek out for a days fishing away from the customers  |
21' striper D/C Yamaha 150 HPDI named PLAIN JANE
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05-06-2005, 04:15 PM
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umm,the juicy sweets!!!!!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: n.chelmsford
Posts: 347
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I use Nextel on the water and find the reception spotty at best, but that's what voice mail and vhf are for!!!
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05-06-2005, 07:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Landlocked in my own prison
Posts: 1,031
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Nextel bites on CC bay, especially off of Woods End and out around the horn past Truro. Verizon on the other hand was great. If it wasn't for Nextel's direct connect I'd be back with Verizon.
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"Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
Matt Groening, Life In Hell
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05-07-2005, 02:15 PM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 2,461
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Nextel = Poor reception on the water in the Bay. Stick with Verizon. Don't make the same mistake I did.
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05-07-2005, 03:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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I have Nextel
The reception is so/so
But the amount I use the 2way, makes up for it!!!
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05-07-2005, 04:33 PM
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Bridgewater
Posts: 350
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Thanks for the info. I was mainly interested in switching for the 2-way function. Does that work so so as well on the water?
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20' Aquasport CC 115hp Johnson 'SiouxToo'
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05-07-2005, 05:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Landlocked in my own prison
Posts: 1,031
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Sgt -
Up our way in central Mass, lots of my buddies had Nextel but god sick of the poor reception and switched plans. If it rains or is foggy the reception stinks. I didn't have those problems up here with Verizon. We have complained but time will only tell.
As far as on the water I have no idea. My buddies have switched plans so I don't know how the walkie talkie function works.
Stick with Verizon. Nextel's two year commitment or $175 early termination fees really bite.
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"Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
Matt Groening, Life In Hell
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