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Analog Service Hanging Up on Customers

Digital networks soon only option, but service has its kinks

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2008 3:01 AM CST

(Newser) – Phone customers still dialing up using old analog networks will be out of luck—and service—beginning Feb. 18 when the nation’s wireless companies shut down the outdated technology and switch to digital. Of the quarter-billion American cell phone users, the vast majority use... Read full story »

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