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Comment on Telstra, Optus to delay 3G network closure amid public safety concerns

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.

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Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Consumer phones in regional areas are still an issue. As @baku said, 3G has better range than 4G (which has better range than 5G). If someone in the middle of the bush, or on a country road needs to use their 5G phone, they may not have coverage.

I have a friend that had to drive 10km with a cracked skull, ribs and broken arm and leg because he didn’t have coverage on his farm. He now has 3G coverage, but not 4G.

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FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
@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.
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- Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  it aint LTE
  
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  - FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    @Taleya
    How isn’t it?
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    Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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- zurohki@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  No VoLTE, probably. A bunch of early 4G phones drop back to 3G to make voice calls.
  
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Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The issue is two fold. The first devices which don’t support 4g, and the second is the loss of coverage with the decommissioning of 3G. That’s what my last comment focussed on.

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