Is your local Analog cellular network turned off yet?

[RJB]

Well still on here I cant wait to test it out lo.

[Quint101]

The Alltel analog is still on and working.... anther month to go till its analog is shut off. The AT&T analog is also on as well...8 more days for it.

[TelcomJunkie]

Originally Posted by KyleAndMelissa22

Are we gonna start seeing tower engineers climbing towers to remove analog antennas and equipment?
Or will this be done from one location that has control over a group of cell sites?

I assue they'd have to goto each individual cell site and remove all analog equipment from atop the towers and inside the site shelters.

The tower work will depend on what they plan on implementing on the vacated spectrum. For the most part, to simply deploy CDMA2000 or EVDO the work will be done from the ground, inside the shelter. They may choose to upgrade the antennas immediately or simply do the required changes in the software and ground equipment to take advantage of the previously analog spectrum.

[shango]

When you look at someone like att who is running 1 voice channel and 1 control channel there wont be enough spectrum freeded up for anything.
The only thing it will do is save on their electric bill.

Verizon is running 3 voice and 1 control, I don't even think 4 analog channels equal anything.

[RJB]

Originally Posted by TelcomJunkie

The tower work will depend on what they plan on implementing on the vacated spectrum. For the most part, to simply deploy CDMA2000 or EVDO the work will be done from the ground, inside the shelter. They may choose to upgrade the antennas immediately or simply do the required changes in the software and ground equipment to take advantage of the previously analog spectrum.

For EVDO they have to run all new cable correct?

[TelcomJunkie]

Originally Posted by RJB

For EVDO they have to run all new cable correct?

If the antennas on the tower meet their gain requirements then all they have to do is install the equipment on the bottom. It all depends on their plans. They may choose to swap everything out or leave it all in place and simply do BTS replacement.

[Analog man]

im gona start covering cell towers with vasoline! wonder if they'll acution of some of the old equipment? there is a big willow tree in my yard! I know i sound crazy and
cheers

[TelcomJunkie]

Originally Posted by Analog man

im gona start covering cell towers with vasoline! wonder if they'll acution of some of the old equipment? there is a big willow tree in my yard! I know i sound crazy and
cheers

Auction? Sometimes. With licensing needs some equipment will be returned for credit and the rest will probably be sold for scrap.

[shango]

im sure some 3rd world country like parts of africa got their eye on this. No reason for it to waste.....

[TelcomJunkie]

Originally Posted by shango

im sure some 3rd world country like parts of africa got their eye on this. No reason for it to waste.....

Most other countries are at the same level of wireless technology or higher. The carriers have long since depreciated the equipment accounting wise and the simplest solution for them is to sell it for scrap.

[Jerro]

Originally Posted by shango

im sure some 3rd world country like parts of africa got their eye on this. No reason for it to waste.....

Many countries have very different frequency standards. Newer equipment can be cheaper to maintain and operate. and in some cases to buy.

[Analog man]

Mexico still use amps, most of South america is TDMA and russia has amps, japan, india, middle east and china. there are lots more countries. any one feel like sticking up pictures of parts that are gona get replaced? im gona start taking more frequent trips to the scrap yards now.

[Analog man]

analog still here!, just keeping yal updated.

[shango]

[Analog man]

good to see, im gona grab my camera

[Analog man]

Well, if i was standing the phone up, id get better reception with analog, and still no cdma.

[shango]

OMG, that CDMA phone has the worst reception of any phone I have ever seen!!! I have one of those, and in rural areas it will say no service where my Motorola cdma phone have 2-3 bars. The motorola phone have better sensitivity, its most likely the antenna but there is no doubt they are better.

I have a few of those old startacs, those are really cool phones.

[Analog man]

got an lg vx-6100 its a cdma phone , but will goto analog when i turn it on. every cdma phone i tried (11) wont get sevice

[Analog man]

feb 17, 2008
rodeo CA
verizon analog still here

[Jerro]

Originally Posted by Analog man

feb 17, 2008
rodeo CA
verizon analog still here

TIC, Tic, tic, 2/18/08 11:59 PM analog silence begins

[Analog man]

mabey, who knows