Thanks, Guys. This seems to be the exact information he is seeking.
Charlie
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Recently a question came up on another forum to which I belong. The
> > question came from a budding science fiction writer: if I were to time
> > travel from 2016 to 2001, would my brand new smartphone work on the
> system
> > in 2001? I know there are some here who work in the system so I'm hoping
> > for an intelligent answer.
>
>
> It depends on the carrier and it depends on the cellphone. So, yes,
> but you would have to be selective in picking your devices and
> networks to use in the story. Likewise, there are some cellphones from
> 2001 that will work on some of our networks today. If it's AT&T, the
> answer is going to be no. They did a network replacement a while back
> which shutdown the legacy support. T-Mobile and Sprint support legacy
> phones better than just about anybody and they both wholesale access
> for the burner phones in Walmart.
>
> AG Schnozz
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