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So are scanners going to be sold unblocked again?
So are scanners going to be sold unblocked again?
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Nice to know the ladies at the battered womens shelters will be totally screwed by this.
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@ceejeemcbeegee: I suspect that with all the millions of phones being thrown away all the time by upgrade-happy yuppies, there'll be more where those came from.
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@ceejeemcbeegee: So why not have a donation drive for more phones? Apple is probably going to annouce that they're going to pass 5M iPhones - now just get those folks to donate their old phones to a shelter.
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@ceejeemcbeegee: A brand new phone that can be used for 911 only can be bought for 15 dollars at a grocery store or walmart (tracphone or tmobile or etc). The same mass consumerism that forces technology, provides a refuge :D
@Buran: The term \"Yuppie\" has worked hard and wants to be retired, along with its friends \"Generation X\" and \"boomer\". If you look at the people around you upgrading their possessions, throwing away perfectly useful appliances for new improved appliances and accessories, etc., you will see that they are not necessarily young, upwardly mobile, or professional. Except they are professional consumers.
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I thought that there would be more things affected than just that stuff.
I believe remote devices that dial in for updates, like vending machines, also use analog systems.
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@cde:
Sadly, there are women who cannot spare $15 to have a phone ready to call 911 when they are in fear of abuse.
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It'll be like Y2K all over.
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@ceejeemcbeegee: A less-widely known fact is that 9-1-1 Centers cannot call back uninitialized phones (phones without active service). Shelters are much better served by providing \"pay as you go\" or disposible phone as @CDE suggested.
@Buran: I respectfully disagree, I'd say the most churn will come from 21-30 year olds. Out of everyone I know, that group is the most likely to pay upwards of 10 percent of their income on cell phones.
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@Alvis:
No. Contrary to all the reportage, not all Analog networks will shut down. The change taking effect will just mean that carriers are no longer required to support them. Many analog carriers will remain into the next decade.
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Thank god that I won't have to buy yet another phone. I recently broke my last 2 motorolas and have reverted back to an old Nokia which I had thought was analog because of the awesome crystal clear signal I get on it.
Zack Morris is gonna be PISSED.