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Oh boy oh boy I'm excited for the 5G shutdown when the phone I haven't even bought yet will quit working :)

• jsbisviewtiful 2y ago
  I know you are being sarcastic but 3G antennas in the US were only just recently shut down. 20~ years isn't bad for how rapidly tech advancement has been happening in the recent decades. Obviously AM and FM radio have been continuing for far longer than that but there are legal and logistical reasons for that, at least for now.
  • xattt 2y ago
    Similar to how Apple how moved forward with breaking compatibility for apps with older OS X versions.
    • jsbisviewtiful 2y ago
      Incredibly different scenario, but I think you knew that before leaving a snarky comment... or at least I hope you did.
• SR2Z 2y ago
  I get the spirit of what you're trying to say (I think) but the truth is that wireless spectrum is an extremely scarce resource. It is bad policy to let inefficient protocols use it without good reason - 2G has the status of "lowest common denominator" and that's probably the only baseline that you should be able to rely on. There are a ton of other inefficient allocations of spectrum^1, but not all spectrum is suitable for all purposes and the bands for cellular connectivity are highly sought after. 1: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/United_States_Frequency_Allocations_Chart_2016_-_The_Radio_Spectrum.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/United_S...