So many automated services still rely on 2G
Someone I know got screwed over when 3G shut down. Their business used an alarm system with a 3G modem (using a cheap data-only SIM card).
The “updated” version requires subscriptions, an app, and goes through manufacturer’s servers, so more expensive, and several more points of failure.
Not any more!
Like what
I think things like commercial and high end home automation. And security stuff. I might be mistaken tho.
And it might sound like that’s old and out of date. But it stuck around cuz it was reliable.
I’d think this is a good thing then for that, less interference
They’ve been phasing it out for years.
Yeah, for sure. But I think we both know how some technology manages to stick around surprisingly long.
Even so, this is different. Spectrum use is a different animal from fax machines, COBOL and Windows CE.
Just when some people are getting interested in reviving old dumbphones
I have a dumb phone that works on 4G and uses voiceover LTE for its calling, so you can still use a dumb phone.
Just because the underlying network is 4G or 5G doesn’t mean you have to have a web browser and all the smartphone stuff.
I have a dumb phone that works on 4G and uses voiceover LTE for its calling, so you can still use a dumb phone.
Of course you can, but buying new isn’t the same as reviving the old ones
The dumbphones being released now should all work on modern networks. The connection being 4G / 5G doesn’t mean the phone must have an internet browser and an app store.
Yes, but they’re new phones, not old phones revival
If I can’t use my Nokia N-Gage, what’s the point?
I had no idea that 2G worked til just now. Damn. I had to reluctantly mothball my 3G phone some years ago, but maybe there was a way to keep using it on 2G until now.
