[paolo]

This may come as a supprise to some of you, but yes it IS happening sooner than we thought. Analog will be gone in less than 6 months in Canada.. Rogers has confirmed this already, stating that less than 45,000 of its customers are using either an Analog or TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) handset. Thats pretty good that we have that little ammount of people using analog/tdma. The benefit is that once it is shut off, there will be less interference so they can turn UP the gain and increase the capacoty for EDGE/UMTS, and even deploy new technologies such as Kodiak's PTT Solution and your signal will be even stronger, plus more capacity for GSM = less network busies.. I believe they are even targeting customers who are still using old phones and offering them some kind of upgrade..
I think its a good move.

Cingular in the States is doing a similar approach, but instead of shutting it off completely right away, theyre charging anyone with a non-gsm phone a $5 network surcharge to use their phone. Something crazy like 10 mill people in the states still use Analog/TDMA service on the Combined Cingular/AT&T network. They cant progress easily to future technologies such as UMTS/HSDPA or WCDMA while still maintaining a legacy Amps/tdma network, they simply dont have the spectrum or capacity if Analog/TDMA is still eating it up.. Cellphones are so cheap now a days, its worth it to migrate to GSM.. I also think this is a positive move, who still uses 20-year old Analog technology? gees.

What are your thoughts? Positive or Negative