They had/have (I can't say) a separate network so that you could use your phone as a walkie-talkie, but the two phones still had to be in the same iDEN network.
hypothetical question re cellphones
- (rcareaga)
- (7)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 01:11:51 PM EST
FireChat can use Bluetooth.
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 01:15:36 PM EST
Yup
- (drook)
- (4)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 01:28:20 PM EST
The idea is that
- (rcareaga)
- (3)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 01:39:55 PM EST
Nextel is/was close, but not what you're looking for.
- (mmoffitt)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 01:45:23 PM EST
Cell phones are fancy multi-band digital radios.
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 02:14:38 PM EST
Check the links in the first answer on the StackExchange link I posted
- (drook)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 02:28:56 PM EST
thanks, all
- (rcareaga)
- Jan. 14, 2015, 04:34:55 PM EST