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https://www.toyota.com/audio-multimedia/support/3g-faq/
https://lexus2.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10537/~/...
https://www.subaru.com/3g-network-retirement.html?SIE=9ad00c...
Etc. https://autobala.com/how-3g-shutdown-in-2022-will-ruin-your-...
Amazing that Honda have current cars affected.
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Ironically 2g will still be around forever as a fallback and so much industrisl equipment relies on it At least thats what uk operators told me
Thats good to know thank you. I like to fall back on 2G phone rather than a smartphone from time to time.
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Ironically 2g will still be around forever as a fallback and so much industrisl equipment relies on it At least thats what uk operators told me
Thats good to know thank you. I like to fall back on 2G phone rather than a smartphone from time to time.
I ask because I have a very modern device which is basically useless when I put there a SIM of an operator which has LTE only, and works well with a 3G/LTE operator. I am speaking of the countryside and I wonder if the problem is the operator coverage or the technology utilized.
Newer phone networks are much more efficient than old ones. For a certain amount of 3G spectrum the carrier can serve more customers at higher data rates with 4G or 5G. From their viewpoint it is expensive to keep serving 3G customers.
Ironically 2g will still be around forever as a fallback and so much industrisl equipment relies on it At least thats what uk operators told me
What is your favorite thing that was built to last? This is, perhaps, a cheesy country song that speaks to the idea https://youtu.be/E4i2fC1U38s . Is "built to last" an obsolete notion?
This probably would have been more appropriate as an Ask HN. Editorializing the headline like that is a no-go.
What is your favorite thing that was built to last? This is, perhaps, a cheesy country song that speaks to the idea https://youtu.be/E4i2fC1U38s . Is "built to last" an obsolete notion?
Newer phone networks are much more efficient than old ones. For a certain amount of 3G spectrum the carrier can serve more customers at higher data rates with 4G or 5G. From their viewpoint it is expensive to keep serving 3G customers.
So realistically, this shutting down of 3G should have happened when 4G came in if speed demands for spectrum were what mattered. But of course back then there weren't enough users to really justify it even if the speed argument applied more then than now.
2G and 3G standards have their place and keeping a 2 MHz channel open for them is not going to get in anyone's way, on the towers, or spectrum-wise.
Is there any way to fix my old 3G phone to continue to work under 5G?
unlikely as long as you can't switch out the modem and antenna. So you would need: - a new antenna - a new modem - a driver working with your CPU/OS, which is likely to not be the case - a way to replace the parts Sometimes the modem is part of the CPU package, making it impossible. Driver limitations make it often even impossible to produce "the same phone but with just another modem", not even speaking about upgrad…
Is there any way to fix my old 3G phone to continue to work under 5G?
My iPhone is affected by this (or so Sprint tells me) and I'm holding off as long as I can. I'm seriously considering one of these: https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/cell-phones/sonim-xp3-plus-no...
I won't buy an Android because I don't trust Google, and I'm just tired of Apple's poor quality lately.