[BC] Cell phone activations

[Ron Cole]

The Cellular Radio equipment installed at all those cell towers is replaced
on average ever 5 years.
The technology changes so fast that the equipment is obsolete and has to be
replaced.

Ron

On 10/28/05, Alan Kline <akline at netins.net> wrote:
>
> Same here...about a year and a half ago, my wife wanted to buy a new car
> charger for our Motorola phones, which were about 2 years old. The Verizon
> store people told her that they don't carry accessories for anything that
> "old and obsolete".
>
> I thought, you've gotta be kidding! After all, I'm used to 20-year-old
> VTR's,
> 40-year-old DA's, and a tone oscillator that predated Pearl Harbor. *Two*
> years
> old and obsolete? Sheesh. These phone people have a lot to learn.
>
> All ended well, however, since we qualified for Verizon's "New Every 2"
> program.
> Got 2 free LG phones and a better calling plan...
>
> ak
>
>
> ------ At 07:50 AM 10/28/2005 EDT, The Most Honourable WFIFeng at aol.comwrote: -------
> >I had that exact same problem with a still-perfectly functional phone,
> only 1
> >year after I bought it at Shadio Rack. Last time I will ever buy a phone
> >there. We went directly to "The Sprint Store" and got a new phone (and
> spare
> >battery) there.
>
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