Zzyzx
02-08-2006, 09:23 PM
The FCC is encouraging cell phone companies to phase out their analog cell phone systems; they should be gone by the turn of the decade. This poster considers that complete bullshit.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2002-08-07-analog-phones_x.htm
I'll admit, digital cell phone coverage is getting better. I have no complaints when I'm in a city or on a heavily-traveled highway. The problem, if you hadn't noticed, is that I live in Wyoming. We're known more for Jackalopes and cowpies than our technological prowess. My own personal experience says that the vast majority of the state isn't serviced by any cell service, and when you do have signal, it's most often analog. An all-digital cellphone is mostly useless for those of us that venture outside the city limits. (a WY "city" is a village by any other standard)
All I'm asking is that cell companies replace their analog-serviced areas with digital towers before they flip the switch. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be much of a financial incentive to spend millions on new equipment that might only serve, if you're lucky, a few hundred customers.
Still, don't throw us back into the dark.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2002-08-07-analog-phones_x.htm
I'll admit, digital cell phone coverage is getting better. I have no complaints when I'm in a city or on a heavily-traveled highway. The problem, if you hadn't noticed, is that I live in Wyoming. We're known more for Jackalopes and cowpies than our technological prowess. My own personal experience says that the vast majority of the state isn't serviced by any cell service, and when you do have signal, it's most often analog. An all-digital cellphone is mostly useless for those of us that venture outside the city limits. (a WY "city" is a village by any other standard)
All I'm asking is that cell companies replace their analog-serviced areas with digital towers before they flip the switch. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be much of a financial incentive to spend millions on new equipment that might only serve, if you're lucky, a few hundred customers.
Still, don't throw us back into the dark.