August Abolins wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 AA> Hi Roy (of 1:270/615),
 AA> On , in a message to Peter May you
 AA> wrote: 

 RJT> Which reminds me,  I have a "bag phone",  dunno how much longer
 RJT> that's going to be of any use whatsoever.  My brother tells me that
 RJT> the cell networks are going all digital fairly soon.

 AA> Analog cannot be discontinued until digital service fully covers
 AA> the areas where only analog service is currently suppported.  Case
 AA> in point, the area I am in is considered the "black-hole" in
 AA> Ontario.   Only ONE service (BellMobility) recently introduced
 AA> digital a few months ago.  I am sure that there a still many
 AA> customers with Rogers/ATT and Telus that can only use analog mode. 

 AA> What make and model is your phone?

I have no idea offhand.  I got it from Radio Shack,  some years back.  It
hasn't been activated in quite some years,  either.  I'm not even sure
where it is...

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