Karl wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:51:57 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Karl wrote:
>>> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:13:49 GMT, John Navas
>>> <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> AMPS will soon be going away,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Name the date. You been scaring folks with that for years, and its
>>> still far off.
>> When the FCC permits AMPS to be shut down in 2008, it will almost
>> certainly immediately be shut down in areas that are covered by digital
>> service, because it uses a lot of bandwidth unnecessarily.
>
>
> It will more likely be delayed many times as Congressmen from Rural
> areas complain.

That's what I'm hoping.

I also wrote the FCC about this issue, and received a non-committal
reply that they understand the issues of lost coverage if AMPS is
allowed to be turned off. Unfortunately, the FCC has essentially become
part of the broadcasting industry under the Republicans.