Can you hear me now?

Wired News is commenting that 'Push-to-Talk' Spreading Fast

If you think drivers yammering on their cell phones are annoying, wait until another wireless service already popular among business users becomes even more prevalent in public: instant, two-way walkie-talkie chatter.

The radio technology frequently used by police officers, truckers, taxi drivers and IT managers is coming to many cell phones near you. All the major wireless carriers, which plan this year to join leader Nextel Communications in rolling out nationwide cell-phone walkie-talkie -- or "push-to-talk" -- service, have said the feature is not just for businesses. It's for everyone, from men radioing their wives from the bread aisle of the supermarket to teens arranging meetings with friends in the schoolyard. At least one company, fastmobile of Chicago, sells software to let people instantly connect with friends around the world.

Maybe there is something to this. I remember the CB craze in the late '70s. Maybe there might be a resurgance of two-way radio now that you can reach all the way around the world.

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