MACON, Ga.-Nextel Partners launched wireless service in the Macon, Ga., and Dothan, Ala., areas, giving customers access to its digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect digital two-way radio, wireless Internet and text/numeric paging services.
The Macon service area includes the Interstate 75 corridor south of Macon through Tampa and Fort Myers, Fla., and north from Macon to Atlanta; I-16 east from Macon to Savannah, Ga.; and Highway 129 south from Macon to Warner Robins. The Dothan service area includes the Highway 231 corridor north of Dothan through Troy and Montgomery, Ala., and south from Dothan to Panama City, Fla.
In conjunction with the Macon launch, Nextel Partners is donating 14 phones and free local service for a year to the Macon Police Department to be used as part of the department’s “Citizens on Patrol” program.
