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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Motorola / December 2007want analog cell service
i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? if so, please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the cost is reasonable. if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? i am tired of being dictated to by the fcc, they are already taking away the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs again. the next thing you know someone will start dooing away with dialup service providing for the internet and make everyone pay more for cable internet, and fiberoptics. i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways from the moguls. minnie > i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want > to go back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know > of any analog cell phone service providers. Analog service is almost dead. "In 2002, the FCC decided to no longer require A and B carriers to support AMPS service as of February 18, 2008." > i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public > airways from the moguls. The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of 1934".  SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >>i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want >>to go back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of 1934". thank you for the 1934 communications act reference, will look it up, but perhaps it has been amended since then, or should be. the days of the public having importance first over the private corporate interests had a very short life a few decades ago. we have come full circle, and there is probably no going back because most of congress are on the side of the communications lobbyists. sic transit gloria. minnie >> The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of >> 1934". > thank you for the 1934 communications act reference, will look it > up, but perhaps it has been amended since then, or should be. Not substantially. > the days of the public having importance first over the private > corporate interests had a very short life a few decades ago. Completely irrelevent. The government has control over all broadcasts, not corporate interests. You might want to take your soap box elsewhere, it's not particularly on topic here nor is it welcome. SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >>>The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of >>>1934". [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You might want to take your soap box elsewhere, it's not particularly > on topic here nor is it welcome. thank you all for your gracious hospitality. will certainly unsubscribe. > i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go > back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > cost is reasonable. > if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? If you have a couple of billion dollars to invest it's not difficult. If you lack that sort of ready cash, forget it! Forget it anyway. You would probably lose your investment. Digital works better and uses less radio spectrum space per phone. I see a number of good answers ... > i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go > back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any > analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? The time stamp on your message suggests you are in Europe or Africa. I don't anything about those places. I understand AMPS service is available in Equador, Columbia or perhaps Bolivia. You could move there and enjoy AMPS service. if so, > please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them > directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a > service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the > cost is reasonable. Oh ... where in the USA? You could move to Kansas or Oklahoma - many small under capitalized phone companies. You might need another phone for larger places like Dodge City or Pittsburgh (KS) > if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? Probably easier and cheaper to buy Sprint or Verizon. I would want to check further but $200 billion might be enough. i > am tired of being dictated to by the fcc, The FCC will be no problem after you have $200 billion.... they are already taking away > the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs > again. The FCC is following the directions of the Congress. Again, after you have $200 billion, the Congress will be no problem. (The cost of cable TV won't be a problem, either.) > i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways > from the moguls. > minnie What kind would you like? Armed insurection? Right wing nut? Left wing fruitcake? Something nialistic? (Do you know of a source for whale-oil for lamps? --- kerosene produces too yellow a light. Is there someplace that teaches the earth is flat instead of this "round earth" heresy? What about the "Theory of Gravity" and "Relativity in Two Dimensions? " Regards, Gordon > they are already taking away >> the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs >> again. > > The FCC is following the directions of the Congress. We have digital T.V. in the U.S. due to an Executive Order that came out of the oval orifice during the clinton admin. >We have digital T.V. in the U.S. due to an Executive Order that came out of >the oval orifice during the clinton admin. I've got to say that while I was originally pissed off as hell, I've been watching "over the air" digital for a bunch of months now and it's much, much better, than the legacy analog. I'm not happy about the games and kickbacks and handovers [a], and triply so about the way the cable companies are going to make a fortune, but the genarl concept of an analog -> digital switchover makes sense. [a] especially since the license holders of individual "channels" now get three or thereabouts broadcast streams to play with. Signature_____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] f.cking NUT. > i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go > back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > from the moguls. > minnie Signature- > i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go > back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > from the moguls. > minnie there is still a lot of analog towers working, mostly in rural areas. But you can't buy an analog-only phone anymore IIRC. |
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