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Originally Posted by NowhereMan 1966
If I understand correctly, the old AMPS phone standard for cellphones was supposed to stop in 2007 thus freeing channels 70 thru 83 again.
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AMPS (analog cell phone service) is mostly gone already, and may end entirely in 2008, but I don't think it has a mandate to shut down. In any case, it will not release any RF spectrum. That same 800 MHz band is used by Verizon and others for their CDMA cell phones, so the analog shutdown will simply allow them to improve their (already excellent) coverage.