Chuck wrote:



So now we have a low wing (my Archer) above a high wing (172) and I
have been cleared to decend.

You were never restricted from descending in the first place.



I think TIS may have saved my ( and others) life today and the FAA is
decomissioning the sites with the explination that ADS-B is going to be
better when they get it implemented in the next few years and an an
inexpensive plane electronic becomes available.

That's correct. TIS was obsolete before it was even commissioned.