Any cell company is only as good as its coverage, and its coverage is dependant on where your at, and where their cell coverage is concentrated. People have to use different cell companies for the area they are in the most frequent. Analog certainly got out way better in remote areas, but people wanted options like texting, pic. text, etc... and digital was introduced. I liked my old analog phone for calling out in a remote area, but I kinda like all the options a guy can do with his phone now. I just use a booster, and I can get out where my analog used to.