want analog cell service

i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go
back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any
analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? if so,
please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them
directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a
service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the
cost is reasonable.
if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? i
am tired of being dictated to by the fcc, they are already taking away
the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs
again. the next thing you know someone will start dooing away with
dialup service providing for the internet and make everyone pay more for
cable internet, and fiberoptics.
i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways
from the moguls.
minnie

minerva <publicforum.mag@erols.com> wrote:

> i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want
> to go back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know
> of any analog cell phone service providers.

Analog service is almost dead.

"In 2002, the FCC decided to no longer require A and B carriers to
support AMPS service as of February 18, 2008."

> i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public
> airways from the moguls.

The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of 1934".



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XS11E wrote:

> minerva <publicforum.mag@erols.com> wrote:
>
>
>>i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want
>>to go back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know
>>of any analog cell phone service providers.
>
>
> Analog service is almost dead.
>
> "In 2002, the FCC decided to no longer require A and B carriers to
> support AMPS service as of February 18, 2008."
>
>
>>i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public
>>airways from the moguls.
>
>
> The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of 1934".
>
>
>
thank you for the 1934 communications act reference, will look it up,
but perhaps it has been amended since then, or should be. the days of
the public having importance first over the private corporate interests
had a very short life a few decades ago. we have come full circle, and
there is probably no going back because most of congress are on the side
of the communications lobbyists. sic transit gloria.
minnie

minerva wrote:
> i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go
> back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any
> analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? if so,
> please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them
> directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a
> service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the
> cost is reasonable.
> if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one?

If you have a couple of billion dollars to invest it's not difficult.
If you lack that sort of ready cash, forget it! Forget it anyway. You
would probably lose your investment. Digital works better and uses less
radio spectrum space per phone.

I see a number of good answers ...
minerva wrote:
> i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go
> back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any
> analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any?

The time stamp on your message suggests you are in Europe or Africa. I
don't anything about those places.

I understand AMPS service is available in Equador, Columbia or perhaps
Bolivia. You could move there and enjoy AMPS service.

if so,
> please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them
> directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a
> service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the
> cost is reasonable.

Oh ... where in the USA? You could move to Kansas or Oklahoma - many
small under capitalized phone companies. You might need another phone
for larger places like Dodge City or Pittsburgh (KS)

> if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one?

Probably easier and cheaper to buy Sprint or Verizon. I would want to
check further but $200 billion might be enough.
i
> am tired of being dictated to by the fcc,

The FCC will be no problem after you have $200 billion....

they are already taking away
> the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs
> again.

The FCC is following the directions of the Congress. Again, after you
have $200 billion, the Congress will be no problem. (The cost of cable
TV won't be a problem, either.)

> i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways
> from the moguls.
> minnie

What kind would you like? Armed insurection? Right wing nut? Left wing
fruitcake? Something nialistic?

(Do you know of a source for whale-oil for lamps? --- kerosene produces
too yellow a light. Is there someplace that teaches the earth is flat
instead of this "round earth" heresy? What about the "Theory of Gravity"
and "Relativity in Two Dimensions? "

Regards, Gordon

****ING NUT.


minerva <publicforum.mag@erols.com> wrote:
> i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go
> back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any
> analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? if so,
> please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them
> directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a
> service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the
> cost is reasonable.
> if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? i
> am tired of being dictated to by the fcc, they are already taking away
> the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs
> again. the next thing you know someone will start dooing away with
> dialup service providing for the internet and make everyone pay more for
> cable internet, and fiberoptics.
> i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways
> from the moguls.
> minnie

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On 12/29/07 6:30 AM, minerva wrote:
> i am tired of these mickey mouse sounding wireless phones and want to go
> back to using my old motorola analog phone, but do not know of any
> analog cell phone service providers. does anyone know of any? if so,
> please answer in this newsgroup with specifics as to how to call them
> directly. i am in usa and want to use the phone here, but would try a
> service from another country if i could use my analog phone and if the
> cost is reasonable.
> if there are no more analog wireless providers, how can i start one? i
> am tired of being dictated to by the fcc, they are already taking away
> the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs
> again. the next thing you know someone will start dooing away with
> dialup service providing for the internet and make everyone pay more for
> cable internet, and fiberoptics.
> i am also looking for a group that wants to take back the public airways
> from the moguls.
> minnie

there is still a lot of analog towers working, mostly in rural areas.
But you can't buy an analog-only phone anymore IIRC.

minerva <publicforum.mag@erols.com> wrote:

> XS11E wrote:
>> The airways aren't public, sorry. Google "communications act of
>> 1934".

> thank you for the 1934 communications act reference, will look it
> up, but perhaps it has been amended since then, or should be.

Not substantially.

> the days of the public having importance first over the private
> corporate interests had a very short life a few decades ago.

Completely irrelevent. The government has control over all broadcasts,
not corporate interests.

You might want to take your soap box elsewhere, it's not particularly
on topic here nor is it welcome.



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> they are already taking away
>> the analog tv stations and the cable companies are upping their costs
>> again.
>
> The FCC is following the directions of the Congress.

We have digital T.V. in the U.S. due to an Executive Order that came out of
the oval orifice during the clinton admin.

In <erydnU4jIuQ7WOvanZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@wideopenwest.com > "el KaBong" <whosaidthat@paranoia.net> writes:

>We have digital T.V. in the U.S. due to an Executive Order that came out of
>the oval orifice during the clinton admin.

I've got to say that while I was originally pissed off as hell,
I've been watching "over the air" digital for a bunch
of months now and it's much, much better, than
the legacy analog.

I'm not happy about the games and kickbacks and
handovers [a], and triply so about the way the cable
companies are going to make a fortune, but the
genarl concept of an analog -> digital switchover
makes sense.

[a] especially since the license holders of individual
"channels" now get three or thereabouts broadcast
streams to play with.

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