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Posted by Robert Bonomi on July 28, 2005, 10:56 am
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[[.. munch ..]]
> Why is the FCC pushing this? Is it really good for the country or
> actually good for the carriers to make more money selling replacement
> phones and fancier services and plans?
RF 'spectrum' *is* a limited resource. Digital phones make _far_ more
efficient use of that scarce resource than analog ones do.
Being able to eventually 'turn off' the analog cell-phone system
*completely*, makes it possible to reassign that spectrum to other
uses.
> I get offers from my carrier to "upgrade" to digital. They'll sell me
> a crappy phone and double my monthly charge and give me LESS than I
> have now!
Has anybody *EVER* accused the phone company of having the customer's
interests at heart? <*grin*>
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