[paolo]

I have an old Analogue cellphone lying arround from years ago, back from the Cantel Days. I have never used it in so long but it still powers up and the battery works just fine. This morning I powered it on to check it out, it went from Full Analog signal at 8:30 am to NO SERVICE BY 9:00 am, and will never get any service ever again. Why you ask? because Rogers finally pulled the plug on their aging Analog and TDMA networks. The network is being de-commissioned, meaning they are removing any and every piece of equiptment related to analog. A very smart and efficient move. A big misconception that most north americans have is that Analog works where my digital service does not, which is untrue anymore. Over the last 8 years, the Digital footprint has piggybacked where the existing analog covered, makes better use of spectrum, more energy efficient, farther range, etc. What if I still have an analog phone? am I totally out of luck? well no, you can still call 911, but you will be limited to the B-Side carriers analog network footprint, ie: bell/telus/mts/sasktel/tbtel. So dont throw away those phones just yet.