Techs & Trends
anolog repreive??
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050726/D8BJ2L9G1. ... »
Jul 26, 8:20 AM (ET)
By CHET BROKAW
(AP) Johnny Smith talks on an analog bag phone in his car outside the Fort Pierre Livestock Auction in...
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Johnny Smith has a new digital cell phone, but he relies on an older analog bag phone when he travels the wide open spaces in the western part of the state to line up cattle for sale at a local livestock auction.
In rural areas where cellular towers are far apart, analog phones often work when digital models can't get a signal. With the Federal Communications Commission pushing the move to all-digital phone service across the country, Smith and others in rural areas are urging the agency to wait until m...
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Jul 26, 8:20 AM (ET)
By CHET BROKAW
(AP) Johnny Smith talks on an analog bag phone in his car outside the Fort Pierre Livestock Auction in...
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Johnny Smith has a new digital cell phone, but he relies on an older analog bag phone when he travels the wide open spaces in the western part of the state to line up cattle for sale at a local livestock auction.
In rural areas where cellular towers are far apart, analog phones often work when digital models can't get a signal. With the Federal Communications Commission pushing the move to all-digital phone service across the country, Smith and others in rural areas are urging the agency to wait until m...
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Totally uninformed article. Shameful.
The issue isn't analog vs. digital at all. The issue is bag phones. Of course bag phones get better reception - they can output more power because they're no help to your head, and they can have a bigger antenna because they don't need to fit in your pocket.
There's a modern replacement for bag phones. It's called a car antenna. Simple.
The issue isn't analog vs. digital at all. The issue is bag phones. Of course bag phones get better reception - they can output more power because they're no help to your head, and they can have a bigger antenna because they don't need to fit in your pocket.
There's a modern replacement for bag phones. It's called a car antenna. Simple.
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Rich, do you know if those $300-500 wattage boosters for the car really make a difference?
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It would be nice if the legislators put a deadline on things they need to do like they do for everyone else.....
i agree analog needs to stay available in some places, the newer techs haven't reached everywhere it needs to be yet....
i agree analog needs to stay available in some places, the newer techs haven't reached everywhere it needs to be yet....
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