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Paul Nelson reportingStarting today, wireless companies will be allowed to shut down their analog cell phone services. So, will this make it harder for you to call someone?
If you ask people who work in the wireless industry, they'd say analog service is old and outdated anyway.
Connected Wireless president Anthony Morrison said, "Analog service is very expensive, and I can't even remember the last time I saw someone with just an analog phone."
Morrison says most customers probably wouldn't notice any difference in their service, but if you travel to the mountains it could be harder to get a signal than before.
"People that travel out into deep country, very remote areas, are going to be affected by it," he said.
He says people in the Mountain West will be more affected than people on the east coast because they've already eliminated their analog signals.
Industry analysts say cell phone companies won't be required to turn off their analog signals until 2011.
