In message <elmop-299819.17485831012008@nntp1.usenetserver.com> "Elmo P.
Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>In article <uaj4q3pqtk0mr7j76uhalenqkbsgjkh16p@4ax.com>,
> DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>
>> In message <elmop-868FD4.17274931012008@nntp1.usenetserver.com> "Elmo P.
>> Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>>
>> >is getting out of the phone biz
>> >
>> >http://tinyurl.com/22q5go
>>
>> Thoughts about whether this will kill the iDEN line entirely, or will it
>> get transitioned off to another manufacturer?
>
>I had heard that the Nextel spectrum was going back to the gummint--I
>presumed that meant that iDEN was going away?

I haven't been keeping up with Nextel specifically, I'm not in their
territory (Canada, TELUS Mike is the local iDEN carrier)

It makes sense that it would happen at some point, the question is just
when.