On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:15:15 -0400, h wrote:


"Harry K" wrote in message
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I have carried a cell phone for years for almost solely for emergency
use. Don't even know how many years I have had it, shows only 6 hours
and a few minutes on it. Today tried to use it and it was
inoperable. A guy with me tipped me off that ALL old phones are now
inoperable as of a couple weeks ago.

Per him. CPs were all changed over to digital and the old analog ones
no longer work. I presume that info was publicised somewhere but I
sure didn't see or hear it.

Harry K

I only use my cellphone about once a year, and it had to be replaced a few
months ago for that reason. Tracfone sent me an email with a form to fill
out, and the new free phone arrived in a few days. I'm surprised your
carrier didn't notify you.


My first Tracfone was analog. I replaced it to get some new features
(including a flip style case, making it safe to keep in a pocket). I
bought the new phone locally, and called to transfer service. This was
NOT required to keep service. That was less than a year ago. Maybe
they've changed something since that.

BTW, I did have to get a new number (they said because of the change
in technology), but I did get to keep the airtime minutes.
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