From: "Steve Sobol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The thing, now, is that all the services that had analog (Verizon,
> > Cingular) are the ones who have converted over to digital, and still
have
> > their analog services, to this day. One of my coworkers still has an
> > analog Startac, that he uses.
>
> They are no longer required to build out analog, though. They are required
to
> keep their existing analog coverage until 2008, but they don't need to add
> coverage. This was a problem for me with my VZW phone here, where I'm just
> outside digital range of the closest tower. They have no analog capacity
in my > neighborhood either; more often than not I'd get a fast busy signal
if I tried > analog.
Blame that on NIMBYs in your neighborhood who do not want an unsightly
cellphone tower there.
{^_^}
