Status of analogue networks ?

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JF Mezei - 13 Dec 2004 05:14 GMT

Does anyone know the status of analogue networks in north america ?

Does anyone still sell analogue phones to new customers ?

Has there been a significant reduction of spectrum allocated to analogue ?

Any plans to officially widthdraw analogue service ?

Interesting that networks are talking about G3, but there doesn't seem to be a
peep about what they will do with analogue.

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cd - 14 Dec 2004 00:52 GMT

Telus still sells analogue phones in Saskatchewan, No phone has ever talked
about dismantling analog network, no that I know of. Its nice backup to the
digital.

cd

> Does anyone know the status of analogue networks in north america ?
>
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> be a
> peep about what they will do with analogue.

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DevilsPGD - 14 Dec 2004 03:49 GMT

>Telus still sells analogue phones in Saskatchewan, No phone has ever talked
>about dismantling analog network, no that I know of. Its nice backup to the
>digital.

Doesn't the CRTC have some rules about maintaining analog for the
moment?

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Jim MacKenzie - 14 Dec 2004 14:31 GMT

> Telus still sells analogue phones in Saskatchewan, No phone has ever
> talked about dismantling analog network, no that I know of. Its nice
> backup to the digital.

A coworker's family lives in a small town named Bruno, Saskatchewan. It
turns out that the town is right between three SaskTel Mobility towers.
Some of the phones SaskTel sells now (including hers) are digital only. All
three towers have CDMA 800 on them... but she gets no signal. Her mom's
digital phone works fine in analog mode, albeit with a weak signal (however
the signal is entirely usable). I'd say that analog has some life yet.

Jim

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Joseph - 14 Dec 2004 17:42 GMT

>No phone has ever talked
>about dismantling analog network, no that I know of. Its nice backup to the
>digital.

You have talking phones in Canada?!

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Jim MacKenzie - 14 Dec 2004 20:10 GMT

>>No phone has ever talked
>>about dismantling analog network, no that I know of. Its nice backup to
>>the
>>digital.
>
> You have talking phones in Canada?!

This is a newsgroup for a Canadian mobile provider so I assume so...

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