Analog cell-phone network going off air

Analog cell phone network going off air, joins the deadpool

written by: Peter Bigg | category: Cellphones, Deadpool | posted: 12/24/07

Analog cell-phone network going off air Analog cell phone got to face the reality and begin to fade off the digital world. What the Scarsdale, N.Y., resident didn’t know was that the OnStar system in the car was already doomed and goes to deadpool. The federal government decided in 2002 to let cellular carriers shut down analog cell phone networks, used by Rothman’s Saab and about 500,000 other OnStar-equipped cars, after Feb. 18, 2008.

It’s the end of the nationwide network that launched the U.S. wireless industry 24 years ago, and it leaves a surprising number of users in the lurch. Perhaps a million cell phones will lose service, but those are cheap and easy to replace. The effects will be felt the most by people who have things that aren’t phones but have built-in wireless capabilities, like OnStar cars and home alarm systems.

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