Analog Cell Phone Network Shuts Down Monday

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "AT&T and Verizon will be shutting down their old, analog AMPS networks next Monday, and AT&T will also turn off its old TDMA network, with smaller providers expected to follow thanks to a sunset date set by the FCC. After these old networks are shut down, the networks will be all digital. Of course, if you have one of those old fashioned 'just a phone' cellphones and it happens to be analog, you'd best enjoy the last few days before it becomes useless."

Comments

Re:Okay, I don't believe in imaginary submitters

[KublaiKhan]

You can change which stories you can see in your preferences. If you don't want to see one of the common submitters, you can block any stories from 'em.

(I personally don't care about who submits the article; I'm just interested in the content.)

Re:Okay, I don't believe in imaginary submitters

[ddrichardson]

You're not alone in noticing this - I've also noticed recently that these submissions invariably appear around 10 to 15 minutes after the same story on Ars or Wired. Not saying right or wrong - just saying is all.

Re:Analog has its place

[compro01]

It's kind of annoying how it's nearly impossible to get any sort of a decent phone without a camera built in. I mean, sure, it's convenient for some, and a nifty feature, but is it really -necessary-? depends on what you mean by "decent" but there're a good many camera-less phones still made. my cell provider offers no less than 3 (4 if you count the bag phone).

Looks like someone is plugging that analog hole

[LuxMaker]

Fast and hard!

Re:Don't toss them in the trash - send to 20500

[youthoftoday]

oh right. But you still have to be Asian or Arabic to qualify for guantanamo, right?