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News to me! Alert! Harry K 10-19-2007
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Posted by Harry K on October 19, 2007, 9:26 pm
I have carried a cell phone for years for almost solely for emergency
use. Don't even know how many years I have had it, shows only 6 hours
and a few minutes on it. Today tried to use it and it was
inoperable. A guy with me tipped me off that ALL old phones are now
inoperable as of a couple weeks ago.

Per him. CPs were all changed over to digital and the old analog ones
no longer work. I presume that info was publicised somewhere but I
sure didn't see or hear it.

Harry K


Posted by terry on October 19, 2007, 11:14 pm
> I have carried a cell phone for years for almost solely for emergency
> use. Don't even know how many years I have had it, shows only 6 hours
> and a few minutes on it. Today tried to use it and it was
> inoperable. A guy with me tipped me off that ALL old phones are now
> inoperable as of a couple weeks ago.
>
> Per him. CPs were all changed over to digital and the old analog ones
> no longer work. I presume that info was publicised somewhere but I
> sure didn't see or hear it.
>
> Harry K

Depends where it was and to which system he was subscribed.
Here in this part of Canada, for example, we have several providers
including Rogers and a Bell Canada affiliate who use different systems
for their provision of digital cell phone services.
Only the Bell affiliate provides analog (which we still use for
strictly emergency voice calls). But we hear rumours that their analog
will be discontinued in a year or so? Hope they will give me a new
robust phone if/when they do.
Whatever; it does sound that the service provider may not be doing a
very good job of keeping that customer advised.
Is the customers billing/mailing address etc, up to date in the
provider's records?
In the part of the Middle East where my relative works they have only
digital cell phone service, no analog at all..


Posted by buck on October 20, 2007, 7:50 am
terry wrote:

>
> Depends where it was and to which system he was subscribed.
> Here in this part of Canada, for example, we have several providers
> including Rogers and a Bell Canada affiliate who use different systems
> for their provision of digital cell phone services.
> Only the Bell affiliate provides analog (which we still use for
> strictly emergency voice calls). But we hear rumours that their analog
> will be discontinued in a year or so? Hope they will give me a new
> robust phone if/when they do.
> Whatever; it does sound that the service provider may not be doing a
> very good job of keeping that customer advised.
> Is the customers billing/mailing address etc, up to date in the
> provider's records?
> In the part of the Middle East where my relative works they have only
> digital cell phone service, no analog at all..
>
2/18/2008 is the analog sunset date.

Posted by on October 21, 2007, 9:15 am

>I have carried a cell phone for years for almost solely for emergency
> use. Don't even know how many years I have had it, shows only 6 hours
> and a few minutes on it. Today tried to use it and it was
> inoperable. A guy with me tipped me off that ALL old phones are now
> inoperable as of a couple weeks ago.
>
> Per him. CPs were all changed over to digital and the old analog ones
> no longer work. I presume that info was publicised somewhere but I
> sure didn't see or hear it.
>
> Harry K
>
I only use my cellphone about once a year, and it had to be replaced a few
months ago for that reason. Tracfone sent me an email with a form to fill
out, and the new free phone arrived in a few days. I'm surprised your
carrier didn't notify you.



Posted by Mark Lloyd on October 21, 2007, 1:06 pm
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:15:15 -0400, <h> wrote:

>
>>I have carried a cell phone for years for almost solely for emergency
>> use. Don't even know how many years I have had it, shows only 6 hours
>> and a few minutes on it. Today tried to use it and it was
>> inoperable. A guy with me tipped me off that ALL old phones are now
>> inoperable as of a couple weeks ago.
>>
>> Per him. CPs were all changed over to digital and the old analog ones
>> no longer work. I presume that info was publicised somewhere but I
>> sure didn't see or hear it.
>>
>> Harry K
>>
>I only use my cellphone about once a year, and it had to be replaced a few
>months ago for that reason. Tracfone sent me an email with a form to fill
>out, and the new free phone arrived in a few days. I'm surprised your
>carrier didn't notify you.
>

My first Tracfone was analog. I replaced it to get some new features
(including a flip style case, making it safe to keep in a pocket). I
bought the new phone locally, and called to transfer service. This was
NOT required to keep service. That was less than a year ago. Maybe
they've changed something since that.

BTW, I did have to get a new number (they said because of the change
in technology), but I did get to keep the airtime minutes.
--
65 days until the winter solstice celebration

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy

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