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This is odd - there is plenty of industrial equippment/ M2M communication modules that run only 2g. I'd assume that UMTS would be shut down long before 2g.
by pantalaimon 10y ago
This is odd - there is plenty of industrial equippment/ M2M communication modules that run only 2g.
I'd assume that UMTS would be shut down long before 2g.
- anamexis 10y agoThis is actually impacting San Francisco buses right now - the transponders that MUNI buses use to transmit their location for arrival estimates use 2G, and they stopped working because AT&T started taking down the 2G network. https://www.sfmta.com/about-sfmta/blog/why-muni-arrival-times-are-off-week-and-how-we%E2%80%99re-working-fix-them https://www.sfmta.com/about-sfmta/blog/why-muni-arrival-time...
- fulafel 10y agoOnly if the industrial users are willing to pay more than the alternative 3G/4G use of the spectrum would bring the operator.