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Re: Phone ?? why analog? (archive)
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Posted by Mark in SBA on March 09, 2000 at 11:05:50:

In Reply to: Re: Phone ?? why analog? posted by sam on March 08, 2000 at 07:12:09:

The primary attraction of the old boat-anchor Motorola analog is that 3-watt booster sitting in the trunk. Damned thing could probably reach a cell in the next county if necessary. If you travel into the sticks, a booster really helps with dropped calls due to weak signals. The digital folks claim they don't need boosters since they've got towers everywhere. Yeah, right.

Also, there is no 3-watt and voice-activated cell available anywhere in the U.S. other than the setup available from Motorola via OEM from the likes of BMW, Mercedes, Jag, and Lincoln. If anybody has a setup that can do this, sound off.

Motorola deliberately does not offer this directly to the public, along with radio mute. Very frustrating.

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