Can I still use my analog cell phone?
I have a way old NEC analog cell phone from 1989. I have a much newer phone but the old one is so retro and I thought that it would be kinda cool to get it working again, but I heard that most carriers shut down their analog networks. Is there any digital to analog converter I can buy or any companies that still use analog?
Sorry,Dante. Nobody will activate an analog only phone. They are under strict mandates about E911 capabilities, and the analong only phones don’t meet the accuracy requirements. Plus, they want the spectrum for more modern technologies such as GSM and CDMA. These offer more capacity (room for customers), and capacity is money.
AT&T has completely shut down their analog sites, and I suspect Verizon and Alltell will not have any on air for much longer. The only place they are likely to hang around is in some rural areas.
And Christine? Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, MetroPCS, Cricket, and a whole bunch of smaller companies don’t use GSM at all, and probably never will.
im not sure, but contact, nextel, because they have ""retro"" phones.
there are no more analog networks all servers work with gsm now