Thanks for the replies guys and sounds like there is a bit of a mixed bag of opinions, Tail - wheel I find it very interesting that the government hasn't agreed to turn the network off, to me it seems ridiculous to turn off such a good network when it is the ordinary GSM (digital) phones that are outdated if anything. All I want is a working phone that I can reliably cancel SAR with, log a flight plan or order some fuel, I get so bemused with the extras they put on mobiles now - I don't need a camera, internet or WAP (whatever that is

) on it.
I think for the time being I'll hang on to the old CDMA, if it works why fix it?