I think that your experience is the exception. I know that the analog service here in Connecticut has been shut off. That means that an analog phone cannot even find a setup channel (that's what gives you an IN SERVICE indication). Without setting up on the system you cannot originate a call. Some rural carriers may still have analog 800Mhz turned on, but I wouldn't count on it for long.
I don't know what kind of indication the 911 PSAP center gets when an unregistered phone dials 911. I don't know how much credibility they would give to the call. I'll be working in a PSAP sometime in the next week and I'll bring my old Nextel phone along and test it and ask some questions. As far as I know, a cellphone must have been activated at least once to make them capable of dialing 911 without paying for service. 73, Joe, K1ike Facility 406 DM09 wrote: > So far, all old analog cell phones I have picked up dial 911 without paid > service.
