i work for nextel and im very considerate of how i use my walkie talkie. its on silent mode most of the time cuz the whole world doesnt need to know bout my conversations. nextel's direct connect service will never go away, its the one feature that made ppl get nextels in the first place. this merger will help convert our tdma system to cdma operating at a 2.4ghz range.

nothing will take place yet, as far as i know, nextel and sprint is still competitors. u will start to c changes starting 2nd quarter of 2005. should be interesting to c.