"Graeme Willox" <graemewillox@aapt.net.au> wrote in message
news:fvs1ob$ph4$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
> Alan Parkington wrote:
>> from
>> http://news.theage.com.au/cdma-netwo...0429-2995.html
>>
>> After months of public and political debate, Telstra's CDMA mobile phone
>> network was switched off in the early hours of Tuesday morning with
>> barely a whimper.
>>
>> According to Telstra, the shutdown occurred without any problems.
>
> What were they anticipating? Did they think the network might have been
> possessed (perhaps by the lingering spirit of the old analogue network)
> and that it might have refused to switch off?

There are many things that could have gone wrong. Dependancies on other
hardware that they were not aware of. Problems with rating and message
collection, etc etc

But yes, the shutdown did occur without any major problems. None that
impacted on customers.