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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The article points out that consumer phones aren't an issue. Its things like lifts with a 3g fallback for emergencies, with non4g capabikitybthat is the issue.

That's the issue. They havnt planned for anything except consumer devices. Android is now recommending 2g be disabled for security, also, so less devices will try to connect to older network infrastructure over time.

I dont see how the telco vsnt see what devices are connecting and where, given their Sims are linked tons customer when they ping a tower. Surely they can identify the devices if they wanted. It might be there are just too many.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

@hitmyspot @Baku

I have a 4G phone. #Optus has been telling me for months it will no longer work when they switch 3G off.

They won’t tell me why though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ask your manufacturer.

Basically: if your phone is "4g" but you get told it's gonna get cut off when they tank the 3g network, then that most likely means the phone doesn't support Voice Over Long Term Evolution (volte) ...... it uses 3g for calls.