Are sprint and nextel the same thing?

Question

Are sprint and nextel the same thing?

Answer

Hi there!brYes and no is the best answer to your question. The two companies merged a few years back, and now the services that used to be offered independently from the two companies are offered from the same company. Thats the quotyesquot part. The no part is, only certain phones can be used with Nextel service plans. Nextel is primarily used by workers and business people because of its unique quotpushtalkquot or quotwalkietalkiequot feature. Basically what you do is dial the number of the person that you want to communicate back and forth with, and then begin a conversation. They say something, and then you hold down your walkietalkie button and respond. Its kinda like IM for cell phones. Sprints service plans are marketed to anyone and everyone, being just like what you might get from say Verizon or Alltel. So to summarize, Im saying Sprint Nextel is the name of the combined company that offers all the old Nextel planswhich can only be used if you have a Nextel phone, and all the Sprint plans and serviceswhich can only be used by Sprint phones...not Nextel phones. I phrase it like this because the business perspective of the merger is that Sprint acquired Nextel, not the other way around.brGood Luck!