[Scan-DC] Analog Cellular

[Blake Bowers]

Analog service CAN be stopped as of this point.  There is no regulatory 
requirement however that it be stopped.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Rigby" <srigby at smart.net>
To: "Scan-DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Analog Cellular


>
> On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Rick Hansen wrote:
>
>
>> Weren't the local providers going to halt analog cellular at  midnight 
>> last
>> night? I forced analog on an old phone and it still has a signal.
>>
>> And, as usual, the analog signal is better in most places than the 
>> digital
>> (which is why I always got an analog capable phone for my vehicle - 
>> better
>> coverage in the boonies).
>>
>
>   There were big arguments against this switchover from cell phone  users 
> who are really out in the boonies, like on farms in North  Dakota, 
> Montana, etc., who could not even receive any digital signals  at all in 
> many areas in which they could receive analog signals.   Cell phone 
> companies would not locate sufficient antennas for their  digital systems 
> in those areas because they said it cost too much for  the relatively few 
> customers they would be serving.  Those customers  were demanding to be 
> able to continue with analog service, but I do  not know what the outcome 
> of that dispute was.
>