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Boomerang86
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Re: Why?

said by insomniac84 See Profile :

Why would anyone still be using an analog phone?
You've got a few thousand folks with older analog only equipment, mostly installed in automobiles. Very few of them have monthly billing; most are OnStar customers or use a credit card for the occasional emergency call.

Analog (AMPS) is 25 year old technology, guess it has to die someday.
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said by Boomerang86 See Profile :

Very few of them have monthly billing; most are OnStar customers or use a credit card for the occasional emergency call.
I believe GM contracts exclusively with Verizon to provide service to On Star subscribers so this shouldn't affect them at all. Verizon and Cingular have roaming agreements in place and I doubt this will affect them either because the rates and terms are already set in the contract.
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Use a credit card for the occasional emergency call? Heh... sorry, don't mean to crack on you, but the last thing I'd want to have to do when trying to dial 911 is pull out my credit card and enter in the 16 digits along with the expiration date before my call even goes through.
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sivran
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