Comment on Australia’s 3G Shutdown - Telcos to Block Working 4G/5G Phones!

maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The author of the article claims AMTA is not a reliable indicator of VoLTE compatibility:

  Additionally Tools like the ‘AMTA 3G Lookup Service’ are not accurate or reliable. AMTA knows this, hence why you need to agree to a long list of terms & conditions before using it.

  This new ACMA policy is deeply disturbing because many consumers, including myself, own fully functional devices that can make VoLTE calls and emergency calls, yet are deemed “incompatible” by the telcos.

  These are devices with the exact same hardware and software as ‘officially supported’ devices, the only difference is the telcos didn’t sell them.

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  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thanks.

    I have a mild headache I haven’t been able shake so I’m putting down my not catching any of that to being super drowsy and zapped.

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    • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In fairness it is a poorly written and confusing article (the guy is not a writer by profession, just a communications expert trying to draw attention to the 3G shutdown). I shared the video just in case people had a hard time understanding the main takeaways, since Hugh Jeffreys did a good job summarising them.

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      • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Even after running the extra test on Hugh’s app it’s still not clear if my phone will work. I have an unlocked Oppo purchased at JB HiFi and I’m using an ALDI sim so I’m on Telstra’s network. It’s not clear if it’ll work even though I’m using VoLTE because of the above combo.

        LOL what a mess.

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