[Scan-DC] Follow up: OnStar conversion from analog to digital

[WB4LNM at aol.com]

It was interesting to see in my snail mail today a letter from OnStar  
recanting their persistent  "we won't transition your analog car to  digital" stance 
they have been taking for at least a year if not more.   I've even had 
printed mass mailings confirming that position.  
 
They are NOW offering to retrofit my 2002 (analog only) OnStar car  with a 
digital unit for $15, but *only* if you convert it immediately.   Kind of late 
if you ask me.  They had already changed over my 2004  
analog-but-wired-for-digital car earlier this year.  
 
I hope they didn't seriously think someone would trade in a car just so  they 
could have a "digital" phone in it.  But then, their majority owner IS  
General Motors, isn't it?   GM blinked on this one if that was their  intent.  

In a message dated 11/1/2007 5:41:37 P.M. Eastern  Daylight Time, 
_scan-dc-request at mailman.qth.net_ (mailto:scan-dc-request at mailman.qth.net)   writes:

As of midnight on February 18, 2008, cellular telephone companies will  not 
be required to provide analog service. While most wireless telephone users  
will not be affected by this transition (often called the "analog cellular  
sunset"), some users may be affected. In addition, the transition could affect  
some alarm systems and some users of OnStar in-vehicle communications  service




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