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Bass was right about AMPS Just Looking 02-19-2008
Posted by Just Looking on February 19, 2008, 3:51 pm
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I seem to remember a post where Bass said that the AMPS network MAY shutdown
on or after Feb 18, 2008 and others said it WOULD shut down on that date.
Well a couple of stubborn customers have not set appointments for a service
swap (despite frequent hounding) and have proved Bass correct about
something. Apparently there are a wide range of dates from different
carriers as to when their AMPS network service will shut down. So far the
check in times show these few AMPS Uplink units (FT-100/LG-1 and DigiCell
1500) are still up and reporting on the 19th of February.



Posted by G. Morgan on February 19, 2008, 6:31 pm
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Just Looking wrote:

>I seem to remember a post where Bass said that the AMPS network MAY shutdown
>on or after Feb 18, 2008 and others said it WOULD shut down on that date.
>Well a couple of stubborn customers have not set appointments for a service
>swap (despite frequent hounding) and have proved Bass correct about
>something. Apparently there are a wide range of dates from different
>carriers as to when their AMPS network service will shut down. So far the
>check in times show these few AMPS Uplink units (FT-100/LG-1 and DigiCell
>1500) are still up and reporting on the 19th of February.
>

I don't remember anyone saying all carriers would shutdown on the 18th, perhaps
you can find that post. My Honeywell rep emailed this out a while back:


Anticipated AMPS Network shutdown dates

* AMPS Shutdown Dates

Alltel March 31, 2008
For AR, FL, GA, LA, MI, MS, NC, OH, SC and VA.

Alltel By June, 2008
For AL, AZ, CO, IA, KS, MN, NE, OK, SD, TX and WI.

Alltel By September, 2008
For CA, CT, ID, IL, KY, MO, MT, NV, NM, ND, TN, UT, WV and WY

AT&T (formerly Cingular) March 5, 2008
CC Communications April 1, 2008
Cellcom February 18, 2008
Cellular 29 Plus February 18, 2008
Commnet Wireless May 1, 2008
Dobson Cellular Systems February 18, 2008
Five Star Wireless June 1, 2008
Golden State Cellular February 18, 2008
I V Cellular June 30, 2008
Mid-Tex Cellular February 18, 2008
PetroCom March 1, 2008
Pine Belt Wireless February 18, 2008
U.S. Cellular October 1, 2008
Unicel/Rural February 18, 2008
Union Cellular June 1, 2008
Verizon Wireless February 18, 2008
West Central Wireless February 18, 2008

* Note: AMPS Network Shutdown Dates as provided to us by the respective
carrier are subject to change.
--

-G

Posted by Mark Leuck on February 19, 2008, 7:57 pm
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That only tells part of the story, in many areas that are continuing service
they don't have the available towers and/or are cutting off bandwith, you
were far better off planning and dealing with a shutdown today than to hope
it stays up for a while

> Just Looking wrote:
>
> >I seem to remember a post where Bass said that the AMPS network MAY
shutdown
> >on or after Feb 18, 2008 and others said it WOULD shut down on that date.
> >Well a couple of stubborn customers have not set appointments for a
service
> >swap (despite frequent hounding) and have proved Bass correct about
> >something. Apparently there are a wide range of dates from different
> >carriers as to when their AMPS network service will shut down. So far the
> >check in times show these few AMPS Uplink units (FT-100/LG-1 and DigiCell
> >1500) are still up and reporting on the 19th of February.
> >
>
> I don't remember anyone saying all carriers would shutdown on the 18th,
perhaps
> you can find that post. My Honeywell rep emailed this out a while back:
>
>
> Anticipated AMPS Network shutdown dates
>
> * AMPS Shutdown Dates
>
> Alltel March 31, 2008
> For AR, FL, GA, LA, MI, MS, NC, OH, SC and VA.
>
> Alltel By June, 2008
> For AL, AZ, CO, IA, KS, MN, NE, OK, SD, TX and WI.
>
> Alltel By September, 2008
> For CA, CT, ID, IL, KY, MO, MT, NV, NM, ND, TN, UT, WV and WY
>
> AT&T (formerly Cingular) March 5, 2008
> CC Communications April 1, 2008
> Cellcom February 18, 2008
> Cellular 29 Plus February 18, 2008
> Commnet Wireless May 1, 2008
> Dobson Cellular Systems February 18, 2008
> Five Star Wireless June 1, 2008
> Golden State Cellular February 18, 2008
> I V Cellular June 30, 2008
> Mid-Tex Cellular February 18, 2008
> PetroCom March 1, 2008
> Pine Belt Wireless February 18, 2008
> U.S. Cellular October 1, 2008
> Unicel/Rural February 18, 2008
> Union Cellular June 1, 2008
> Verizon Wireless February 18, 2008
> West Central Wireless February 18, 2008
>
> * Note: AMPS Network Shutdown Dates as provided to us by the respective
> carrier are subject to change.
> --
>
> -G



Posted by Mark Leuck on February 19, 2008, 7:55 pm
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> I seem to remember a post where Bass said that the AMPS network MAY
shutdown
> on or after Feb 18, 2008 and others said it WOULD shut down on that date.
> Well a couple of stubborn customers have not set appointments for a
service
> swap (despite frequent hounding) and have proved Bass correct about
> something. Apparently there are a wide range of dates from different
> carriers as to when their AMPS network service will shut down. So far the
> check in times show these few AMPS Uplink units (FT-100/LG-1 and DigiCell
> 1500) are still up and reporting on the 19th of February.

I could be wrong but I seem to recall him suggesting that he would be no
part in "scare tactics" of an impending shutdown.

I figured the network would be around for quite a while after the cutoff
date until I spoke to the AlarmNet guys



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