Two AMPS carriers there are Rodgers and Bell Canada (and affiliates)
Rodgers has the A side and is rumored to be dropping all AMPS coverage
by next month,
http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/1829/206/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He is on a lake in Ompah, Ontario. I don't remember the carrier name,
it's been a few years. I'll have to ask him. I know that he was on the
fringes of the analog coverage, but he told me that the new digital
coverage (with a handheld) does not cover his area.
joe
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tony VE6MVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:tony%40ve6mvp.com>>
> What province and what cell phone provider? Have you a definite shut
down
> date for the analog phone service by your provider?
>
> I've been hearing the same rumours about Telus here in Alberta. Last I
> heard a local dealer asked Telus about this. They laughed and said they
> had way too much business on analog to shut it down. Especially by
the oil
> patch folks out in the boonies.
>
Tony
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Subject:
Re: [Repeater-Builder] bag phone for repeater 911
From:
Tony VE6MVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Tue, 22 May 2007 00:26:24 +0000
To:
Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
To:
Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
At 11:26 PM 2007-05-21 +0000, you wrote:
A friend of mine has a cabin in rural Canada. I connected a bag phone
to a 900Mhz cordless phone using the Motorola interface they used to
sell. He put the bag phone up high in the top floor of the cabin and
takes the cordless phone around with him (even out on the boat). It
works great, but will not as soon as they shut down analog. He has a
heart condition and needs the phone. I don't know what we will do, as
we needed the 3 watt phone and mag mount antenna to get reliable service.
What province and what cell phone provider? Have you a definite shut
down date for the analog phone service by your provider?
I've been hearing the same rumours about Telus here in Alberta. Last
I heard a local dealer asked Telus about this. They laughed and said
they had way too much business on analog to shut it down. Especially
by the oil patch folks out in the boonies.
Tony
