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12-27-2007, 09:30 AM
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AT&T will be shutting down (http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/tdma-notification.jsp) their analog and TDMA wireless networks in 2008, and has progressively been pushing users to switch to their GSM network. There's still a few (probably less than 100k) users who have stuck with the old network because of grandfathered deals. Last summer AT&T implemented a $5 fee hike (http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/08/08/att-lights-a-fire-under-tdma-customers/) to nudge those users off the network:"Many customers are reluctant to give up the "Blue" plans due to grandfathered features and rate plans/prices that no longer exist within AT&T s current plan structure. The company has been trying to urge customers off of their old TDMA network for quite a while now, offering a strange combination of incentives and decreased service quality to lure the grandfathered subscribers."
Wired (http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CELLULAR_SUNSET_GLANCE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-12-21-15-49-56) notes that the analog wireless networks of a number of carriers will also be shuttered in February, and gives tips to those who might not know if their phones are impacted. As many as a million phones may still be in operation that rely on older networks. Given there's 250 million cell phones in use, most of you won't have to worry, but you may want to check in on Aunt Bethel.
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AT&T will be shutting down (http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/tdma-notification.jsp) their analog and TDMA wireless networks in 2008, and has progressively been pushing users to switch to their GSM network. There's still a few (probably less than 100k) users who have stuck with the old network because of grandfathered deals. Last summer AT&T implemented a $5 fee hike (http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/08/08/att-lights-a-fire-under-tdma-customers/) to nudge those users off the network:"Many customers are reluctant to give up the "Blue" plans due to grandfathered features and rate plans/prices that no longer exist within AT&T s current plan structure. The company has been trying to urge customers off of their old TDMA network for quite a while now, offering a strange combination of incentives and decreased service quality to lure the grandfathered subscribers."
Wired (http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CELLULAR_SUNSET_GLANCE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-12-21-15-49-56) notes that the analog wireless networks of a number of carriers will also be shuttered in February, and gives tips to those who might not know if their phones are impacted. As many as a million phones may still be in operation that rely on older networks. Given there's 250 million cell phones in use, most of you won't have to worry, but you may want to check in on Aunt Bethel.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Analog-Wireless-Shutdown-Looms-90518)