Off net works about a mile in heavily treed suburban setting.
MFD313, you're referring to Nextel's DirectTalk service, right? Just checking because I posted a request for feedback on it 2-3 months back but didn't really get any actual user feedback then. You would be the first.
A mile in a heavily wooded suburban setting, huh? I guess that's about as good as FRS would perform in a similar setting, without the problem of cross-talk from other users, plus a low likelihood of eavesdropping of the digital DirectTalk signal compared to FRS/GMRS/HAM comms.