IDEN(Nextel Network) to be shutdown

• imex99

  

  http://gigaom.com/2013/06/28/t-minus-36-hours-the-nextel-network-goes-dark-dont-say-you-werent-warned/
  
  If you have a phone, turn it on and your signal will soon fade...
• dlazz

  Good riddance
• said_aouita

  

  The Direct Connect was great proprietary technology in it's day.
  
  Too bad the Nextel connection quality sucked.
• Curly J

  

  I loved their Direct Connect. Used it from about 1999 until 2010. The Wife's last dumb phone was the Nextel i1000 plus. A lethel weapon if thrown.
• sherm03

  

  They haven't shut that off yet? Shit, it seems like 5 years ago they were telling people they had to upgrade to a CDMA phone when they came into Sprint stores because the iDEN network was getting turned off.
• hasbeen

  

  sherm03;1466701 wrote:They haven't shut that off yet? Shit, it seems like 5 years ago they were telling people they had to upgrade to a CDMA phone when they came into Sprint stores because the iDEN network was getting turned off.

  They have. Last night.
• Tigerfan00

  

  hasbeen;1466729 wrote:They have. Last night.

  You sure its not wednesday?
• hasbeen

  

  Tigerfan00;1466732 wrote:You sure its not wednesday?

  Maybe yes.