Tracfone analog question.

'nam vet.

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Dec 14, 2008, 10:05:05 AM12/14/08

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My Tracfone uses U.S.cellular and I assume is an analog device.
When in February all services will be digital. Will my phone and minutes
be obsolete?
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Dec 14, 2008, 3:06:12 PM12/14/08

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"'nam vet." <george...@humboldt1.com> wrote in message
news:georgewkspam-1A68...@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
: My Tracfone uses U.S.cellular and I assume is an analog device.

: When in February all services will be digital. Will my phone and minutes
: be obsolete?

Depends. Most phones produced today (and for may years) are all duel mode.
Some may not support analog at all.

Might mention that Net10 is basically the same service but for $0.10 per
min.

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E Z Peaces

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Dec 14, 2008, 3:58:36 PM12/14/08

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NotMe wrote:

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> Depends. Most phones produced today (and for may years) are all duel mode.
> Some may not support analog at all.
>

Duel mode? Do you need a permit?

clams_casino

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Dec 14, 2008, 7:03:23 PM12/14/08

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'nam vet. wrote:

>My Tracfone uses U.S.cellular and I assume is an analog device.
>When in February all services will be digital. Will my phone and minutes
>be obsolete?
>
>

I surprised it's still working. We were unable to make calls while
traveling in several parts of the country two years ago until tracfone
replaced ours at no charge.

George

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Dec 15, 2008, 12:11:01 PM12/15/08

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'nam vet. wrote:
> My Tracfone uses U.S.cellular and I assume is an analog device.
> When in February all services will be digital. Will my phone and minutes
> be obsolete?

Sounds like you are misinterpreting a few things. The February date is
specifically for TV over the air transmissions only. After that date all
analog *TV* broadcasting must stop. Cable companies etc can still carry
digital converted to analog to support existing TVs.

The analog cell phone requirement date already happened. Previously cell
system operators were required to keep existing analog cell sites
running. That requirement was removed and they are free to turn off
analog equipment. They quickly did that in all but rural markets.

'nam vet.

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Dec 18, 2008, 1:53:02 PM12/18/08

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In article <gi6336$5gk$1...@news.motzarella.org>,
George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

I heard that they were going to turn off rural markets from Analog.
We are rural.
A local provider assures me the Tracfone is digital. so I should be OK.
we'll see come Feb.

Brian Elfert

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Dec 19, 2008, 9:57:55 AM12/19/08

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"'nam vet." <george...@humboldt1.com> writes:

>I heard that they were going to turn off rural markets from Analog.
>We are rural.
>A local provider assures me the Tracfone is digital. so I should be OK.
>we'll see come Feb.

You're still confused. Cell phone providers could start turning off
analog service in Feb 2008. I haven't had a cell phone that was analog
and digital for several years. With my old phone if I couldn't get a
digital signal the analog signal was usually so weak as to be worthless.

Feb 2009 is when analog TV signals go away.

Jonathan Grobe

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Dec 25, 2008, 10:23:02 AM12/25/08

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On 2008-12-18, 'nam vet. <george...@humboldt1.com> wrote:
>
> I heard that they were going to turn off rural markets from Analog.
> We are rural.
> A local provider assures me the Tracfone is digital. so I should be OK.
> we'll see come Feb.

Rural where? The only analog rural areas still around are very
low population density areas (many in the West), not the typical
rural area.

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