[BC] Analog Longevity

[Kent]

I use CDMA and dont have any trouble.  Have you tried extending the 
length of the DTMF tone?

Gary Peterson wrote:

>I still carry/use an analog cell phone.  It is much more reliable, than most
>digital cell phones I have tried, when used to access dial-up remote
>controls at transmitter sites.  I've been told analog will go away, here in
>western SD, in a couple of years.
>
>I have wondered if DTMF tones are generated within the digital cell phone or
>if they are created at the cell site.  No one at the cellular company has
>been able to tell me.  I'm searching for an explanation as to why my remote
>controls don't like tones from digital cell phones (CDMA here).
>
>Gary, K?CX
>
>" Lots of posts on 'keeping analog alive'... or not.  I have
>a quick quasi-related question.  Does anyone know if
>today's cell sites still accept calls from analog phones?
>
>Jim Wood "
>
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