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Analog Cell Phone Network Shuts Down Monday-> 1

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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property
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."
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  • Every phone I've used that had digital also had a fallback analog mode. Some people disable this because their carrier charges more for that mode of operation, mine doesn't. But I frequently notice that my phone has switched back to analog mode for a minute or so at a time. I wonder if it is likely that in exchange for simplifying the wireless network (which I am all in favor of) that there will be more dropped calls.

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