shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipM to T-Mobile Unofficial Community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoT-Mobile Is About to Shut down Its 2G Networkwww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkT-Mobile Is About to Shut down Its 2G Networkwww.howtogeek.comshortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipM to T-Mobile Unofficial Community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt’s possible, but I would not know for sure.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThe article does not say for sure but it mentions some cars lost connection when 3G was stopped. Funny that 3 happened before 2 for them.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago3g had a lot more channels they could repurpose for 4g/5g. They’re only running 2g on a single channel so there wasn’t a big reason to shut it down. At least with t Mobile anyway
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agothat makes sense. May have cost more to end than any value it gets them.
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoMost older home alarms are.
Any cars stuck on 2G for their telemetry?
It’s possible, but I would not know for sure.
The article does not say for sure but it mentions some cars lost connection when 3G was stopped. Funny that 3 happened before 2 for them.
3g had a lot more channels they could repurpose for 4g/5g. They’re only running 2g on a single channel so there wasn’t a big reason to shut it down. At least with t Mobile anyway
that makes sense. May have cost more to end than any value it gets them.
Most older home alarms are.