This is the transition time. Companies can turn off the analog now on cell towers.
DailyTech - Analog Cell Phones, Services Die Today
DailyTech - Analog Cell Phones, Services Die Today
and I carry my 8 year old uniden phone and a calling card in my kit bag I use when I go to the hilll's (full of Satellite stuff, level, Compass, batterys, camera, video cables, .22 shells and a loaded clip, hunting knives, whetrocks etc...Still some on ranches here that carry bag phones...