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Why I hate Nextel

Nextel sells annoying phones. They're used by people (annoying people) to "direct connect" to other Nextel subscribers (tres annoying!). "Direct connect," for those not in the know, makes a cell phone act like a walkie talkie (or, imagine someone trying to use a speaker phone in a crowded room). With a normal cell phone, you only hear the guy next to you shouting questions about his grocery list to his wife. With Nextel, you get the additional privilege of hearing the guy's wife complaining back to him about the lipstick stain she found on his shirt (or whatever it is people talk about who are annoying enough to use direct connect). Finally, in case you've managed to tune out other people's shouting, Nextel phones all make a piercing double-beep every so often, lest the phone (or its owner) go 5 minutes without actively annoying anyone.

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Ugh. I FULLY agree on Nextel. Other providers, like Sprint, are adding these "features" as well. I just want to kill them all.

Yeah, the extra-noisy cell phones are like the extra-large SUVs people buy. It's all tragedies of the commons these days. Damn kids.