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3G is not only an internet service, it is also a voice service. Given that at&t closed down their 2G network, closing down their 3G network as well would mean t
by baisq 4y ago
3G is not only an internet service, it is also a voice service. Given that at&t closed down their 2G network, closing down their 3G network as well would mean that those phones would be unusable even for telephony purposes.
- mdp2021 4y agoRight, it's been a few years since I re-read the Tanenbaum, and I got confused over the technical capabilities. But the core issue remains: they have disabled the SIMs, they have reappropriated the numbers of paying customers. From one of their employees: «While at the store they can reactivate your account with your old number if it is still available» When one buys petrol, how can it the seller's business which engines will see it. In the basicmost terms: if the connection technologies of some devices stop being supported by the infrastructure, what is expected is that the subscriber will deal with it in their own terms - not that the contract is ceased!
- baisq 4y agoYes, I agree that disabling the SIM cards makes little sense. I wonder why they did that. Perhaps they think that if customers haven't upgraded their phones yet it's because they don't intend to.
- mschuster91 4y ago> From one of their employees: «While at the store they can reactivate your account with your old number if it is still available» What the fuck? Here in Germany, customers have the freedom of porting their number over to a new provider 30 days after contract cancellation [1], precisely to prevent such scenarios. [1] https://dejure.org/gesetze/TKG/59.html https://dejure.org/gesetze/TKG/59.html