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No, GPRS is still around; the 2 and 3G networks aren't supposed to go away until late 2022 in the US, and then there's the rest of the world to consider.
by meepmorp 5y ago
No, GPRS is still around; the 2 and 3G networks aren't supposed to go away until late 2022 in the US, and then there's the rest of the world to consider.
- giantrobot 5y agoIn the US AT&T shut down their 2G service at the end of 2019. Only T-Mobile has GSM/GPRS service active and that is shutting down at the end of this year. It's 3G services that will be shutting down through the end of 2022/3.
- meepmorp 5y agoYeah, like I said, currently operating 2 & 3G networks are scheduled to go away by late 2022, and GPRS is still in service.
- cestith 5y agoWe need to consider illegitimate carrier devices, too. Will the Stingray type devices stop supporting it? If the phones still fall back to it, it's still a threat.
- rtpg 5y agokinda interesting, but looking at this table 2G phaseouts will basically take more time in developped nations than elsewhere. Probably a big case of how there's a lot of technological leapfrogging in developping nations cuz they tend to only have access to really cheap commodity stuff (so they end up getting stuff replaced more quickly). Very much the "fancy hotel wifi" problem IMO https://www.emnify.com/en/resources/global-2g-phase-out https://www.emnify.com/en/resources/global-2g-phase-out
- meepmorp 5y agoI think it's a timeframe thing, too. 2G data network rollouts were 20-ish years ago, and infrastructure and handsets were expensive, so less extensive deployment in the developing world. Shifting those deployments forward by 5 years puts you into 3G timeframe.