are there VHF or UHF IMTS (pre-cellular) mobile telephone networks still operating in north america?
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At 05:20 AM 9/21/2007, you wrote:
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> [TELECOM]Re: Analog cell phone equipment
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>Date: 20 Sep 2007 05:48:39 +0000
>From: "Michael D. Sullivan"
>To: snipped-for-privacy@telecom-digest.org
>Subject: [TELECOM]Re: Analog cell phone equipment
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>> > AMPS was never widely used outside North America. At this point the only
> > network still actively using it is the one in the gulf of Mexico, and the
> > people who use that network know who they are. Other than that, I doubt
> > AMPS will work anywhere after Feb 18th when the FCC lets the rest of the
> > carriers in the U.S. drop it.
>
>There are still a fair number of cellular networks in the U.S.,
>principally in rural areas, with a large number of analog users. Some
>folks won't give up their analog phones until they are pried out of
>their hands. Those networks will undoubtedly continue providing analog
>service (perhaps even analog-only!) for quite some time.
>
>Bill Horne, the temporary moderator asked:
> > What, then, is to become of all the AMPS phones? Are they destined for
> > landfills, or can they be used for other services?
>
>An analog phone, sans analog network, will become unusable and hence
>commercially valueless unless it has historical value (such as the very
>earliest portable handsets). The electronics inside have as much use as
>those inside a 27 MHz cordless phone, a HomeRF wireless LAN adapter, or
>a late Betamax VCR. To the recycling center with them, not the landfill! >
>--
>Michael D. Sullivan
>Bethesda, MD (USA)
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