Re: New Phone w/ Analog Plan

Quick wrote:
bug wrote:
Would there be away to unlock the phone, for digital use
in the future? Thank you for the information.

The phone wouldn't be "locked". *you* would go to a
user menu on the phone to select analog operation
only. It may be the case that the user accessible
menu only has an option like "Use Analog for the
next call" after which it would switch back to tri-mode
operation. In that case there probably would still be
a programing menu option to force analog only all
the time. Something to check before you buy.

I'm unclear what would happen with a tri-mode
phone in normal operation mode. I suspect it
would be a billing problem. The phone is going
to want a PRL. The PRL is going to prefer digital
first. Since you only have one ESN you *will* be
registered with the network and I suspect they
might not differentiate when it comes to making a
call. It would be afterwards when they have to
figure out how to bill the call. I would try calling
data services. Not because it has anything to do
with data but you can get access to those guys
and they generally seem to be not only technically
savvy but also very knowledgeable about how
things work with the billing system and how you
get charged.

You know... things would work just fine if they have
a PRL for the analog only plan. I would think they
would.

With the current AC2 PRL, for example, I would guess
they may have excluded available analog signals where
they have good digital coverage (although I can't imagine
why they would do that). So even if you forced analog
mode on the phone it may not pick an available analog
signal. With an analog only PRL all the digital signals
could be excluded.

One thing to keep in mind. Once you deactivate your
current phone (maybe to try out a new one) you will not
be able to reactivate it because it is not e911 compliant.
At the very least it will be a struggle. Be very careful to
get some commitments up front (in writing?) if you are
going to do this may want to switch back to your existing
phone.

-Quick


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