This digital seems like something I would be interested when I get my license. Could you please post a link on it so I can read up on it?
The link that Louie posted is good. There are a few different modes out there, DMR, D-Star, Fusion, etc. DMR is the most popular. It can be more challenging to use and program and get set up, but once you do, as I mentioned, there are people on 24/7. On the World Talkgroup, for example, you're lucky if you can find a 5 minute break in traffic at any given time.
Just to give you an idea, here is the talkgroup list on the largest DMR network:
Talkgroups | BrandMeister
There are ones that are dedicated to individual states or counties, EMCOMM, various interests, you name it. And it's truly worldwide, so you are not relying on local people within a couple dozen miles of your own local repeaters.
Most people access the DMR networks using a hotspot. You can search for amateur radio hotspot and you'll get more results than you know what to do with. It connects to your home internet (or cell phone, if you use one mobile) and gives you access to whatever talkgroup you want, whenever you want. You'll hear some people complain that it isn't really ham radio, since your hotspot is going through the internet, but you're using a radio to get to your hotspot, and broadcasting over tens of thousands of other hotspots and repeaters on the other end.
You don't have to use a hotspot. There are plenty of digital repeaters out there, but you are more at the mercy of what the repeater owner has set up. With a hotspot, you control everything.
Again, there's nothing wrong with standard analog FM repeaters. Here in Southern California, for example, they are still reasonably active. But then again, we are blessed with big mountains, linked systems, and repeaters that can cover a hundred miles or more. But where you are, that just might not be the case. A lot of analog repeaters just don't get utilized that much anymore.