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

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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FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
@Taleya
The Apple Store told me the telcos would be unlikely to upgrade 4g and would probably redeploy the 3G resources to 5G.
I guess it doesn’t matter now because the telcos have realised half of rural Australia would be left with no service and that would be very bad.
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- Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I wouldn’t listen to an apple store as to what telcos are doing.
  
  3G hasn’t closed down yet so your phone should still drop to 3G
  
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  - FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    @Taleya yeah it should. I have no idea why it stopped.
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FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
@Taleya do you mean like for people in the country where all the calls drop to 3G, and in the city dead zones?
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- Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Different thing. That’s shitty infrastructure
  
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  - FerdiMagellan@aus.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    @Taleya Yeah, that’s what I’ve learned. Shitty infrastructure and no intention to improve it.
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