Is your local Analog cellular network turned off yet?

well, i found out where alot of the verizon analog is comming from.... comnet wireless!
comnet have analog gsm and cdma, plus there is no signs of them shutting of analog. good for people in the new mexican desert.

 

In Philadelphia the A side is now off. So AT&T was right behind Verizon in shutting analog down.

 

so now what am i gona do with all these analog phones? mabey i'll find a way to make them useful again. right now its only good for setting off hospital equipment and hitting people with it. ( :badidea: )

 

Cellular One (Dobson) is now barring calls.

Message is "welcome to cellular One the number you dialled cant be completed at this time, please dial 611 to talk to a local representative."

 

Still picking up an analog signal with Verizon using my LG LX-125 here in Springfield, MA.

 

i wished i lived there

 

AT&T turned off TDMA in Minneapolis now. AMPS is kind of strange though. I have 2 phones that won't see it anymore, but I have old TDMA V60 that picks up a "roam" analog signal when I turn it on, so I don't know where that is coming from, because VZW turned their's off last week.

 

Here in Seattle as of Yesterday (3-5) analog networks on both AT&T and Verizon show no service. Also AT&T's IS-136 "TDMA" network does not show either.

 

every thing is off in portland inculding TDMA

 

got any pics of them? i dont think im gona make em into bluetooth because i dont have bluetooth compatible devices. however, i aint gona let 3 watts of power goto waste...
1- turn them into a portable amplifier for my cdma phone
2- make them into radios that can scan almost all fm frequencies. (in testmode the microtac can scan all analog cellular channels)
3- spend a whole lot of money to build my own little analog network, yea right
4 - somehow get them operating on cdma.

man, i need to get a life instead of trying to get a 15 yr old phone to work with cdma.

 

It is very strange to have an electronic device that works perfectly, but is totally worthless junk. Never to be usable again. I have 5 bag phones and im trying to figure out the right thing to do with them. (I still have 6 months with Alltel) Recycle the electronics, keep the bags for something else. Try and sell the whole lot on ebay hoping someone in Mexico can use them. Or just dump them in the trash.
There must be millions of these things going to waste. But its nothing compared to the number of analog TV sets that are going to be disposed of next year.

 

well, i might find a use for old analog phones. one of the best uses is to use it as a portable amplifier. i'll explain later.
as for TVs, it will be crazy, there will be A- an increase in cable satalite users B- landfill over crowding leading to on of the most significant envierment disasters ever, (aka lead mercury and other stuff getting in to the water supply) C- goverment relises that it would be a bad idea to put over 200 million TVs in the dark, leaving mass mobs of angry pissedoff people. or D- goverment wont enforce laws and analog with still be avalible. remember the incandesent lightbulb scare? it was to make us all use cfl's but incandesent are still being produced! hell, incandents are gona be around for a while, in a house enviorment, how the heck would u use one of those cfls in a frige or oven? what about 4 watt night lights and easy bake ovens? gona be alot of pissed of toddlers if that happend!

 

Scratch that! As of last night I can no longer access analog roaming on either my Samsung-A960 or LG-LX125. Oh well.

 

Update: It's dead as of this morning in Murphy/Plano, TX. No more Analog service. No signal whatsoever.

 

If you literally meant dump them in the trash that's irresponsible. There are lots of things in the electronics that can foul the environment. It's really no different than dumping an old CRT monitor in the trash.

 

does anyone know if okc is shut off yet?

 

As for the TV thing; Cable or Dish is the best way out. OR just buy a converter box like we did in the 60's ( I was a kid) when the government added UHF bands. KEEP YOUR TV's People!

CFL's are great in some places like outside flood lights and post lamps where they last a very long time even in the cold North East.

Just junk your old analog phones. Its over!

 

What; No UHF converter?

 

The original remotes were mechanical not electronic. They emitted a clicking sound hence called a clicker. It had springs and worked like a tuning fork. Is it one of those?

 

Take the guts out and put an LCD TV inside! Retro chic! You might appreciate this, but I've seen people get the old wooden wall phones and put a hinged door on the front and put a modern phone like a 2554 inside it!

 

mabey its just me, but ive notice cdma 850 degrading as well. every one i knew on 850 notices this as well. i got my call droped 5 times today. one theory is that the analog signals carried the cdma ones ferther any one else notice this? as for that old tv, its fairly easy to repair. i have a 1969 B&W Tv that still works

 

Could it be somethiing in your area? CDMA service has not changed here.