Analog cell-phone network going off air

What the Scarsdale, New York, resident didn't know was that the OnStar system in the car was already doomed to die. The federal government decided in 2002 to let cellular carriers shut down analog cell phone networks, used by Rothman's Saab and about 500,000 other OnStar-equipped cars, after February 18, 2008.

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When Rothman complained, GM sent a $500 coupon toward the purchase of a new car.