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MSE News: Vodafone has become the first major mobile network to switch off 3G
Vodafone has become the first major mobile network to switch off 3G in parts of the country with other networks set to follow. Here's how to check if your handset is impacted and what you need to do about it.
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'Got an old phone? You may soon lose internet access as Vodafone begins to turn off 3G with others to follow'
'Got an old phone? You may soon lose internet access as Vodafone begins to turn off 3G with others to follow'
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Will MiFi devices no longer work if they are not 4G?0
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This looks like the state of the art £1000+ phones that we have now will get 4 & 5g cut off in the future.
All it is basically is a signal (like a TV areal)
What a swizz0 -
But what about the planet! up to 5.5 million perfectly good phones binned and more resources used for new phones, not very green is it
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My phone supports 4g but I can often only use 3G data with my provider. Sometimes 4g works sometimes it doesn’t but 3G always gives me a connection.
I probably need to upgrade phone anyway and I have until the end of next year apparently to sort this out. Even if I don’t get a signal the freebies with a coffee firm and a cinema group more than pay for my monthly mobile fee!2 -
dekdee said:This looks like the state of the art £1000+ phones that we have now will get 4 & 5g cut off in the future.
All it is basically is a signal (like a TV areal)
What a swizz
There is a limited amount of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that spectrum is limited in how much of it is useful for communications. What they're doing is freeing up the spectrum for use with newer, more useful technologies.
3G is now about 21 years old. Very few people will have 3G only phones at this point.0 -
Casskale said:dekdee said:This looks like the state of the art £1000+ phones that we have now will get 4 & 5g cut off in the future.
All it is basically is a signal (like a TV areal)
What a swizz
There is a limited amount of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that spectrum is limited in how much of it is useful for communications. What they're doing is freeing up the spectrum for use with newer, more useful technologies.
3G is now about 21 years old. Very few people will have 3G only phones at this point.1 -
artyboy said:Casskale said:dekdee said:This looks like the state of the art £1000+ phones that we have now will get 4 & 5g cut off in the future.
All it is basically is a signal (like a TV areal)
What a swizz
There is a limited amount of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that spectrum is limited in how much of it is useful for communications. What they're doing is freeing up the spectrum for use with newer, more useful technologies.
3G is now about 21 years old. Very few people will have 3G only phones at this point.
Really the only people to "worry" are those with really old 3G only phones.3 -
Don’t electricity & gas Smart Meters also rely on the 3G network? Are they going to stop working?1
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I'm definitely hoping when 3g goes off locally, the 4g improves as a result because it is absolutely pants. I actually have my phone set to 3g only, because otherwise it defaults to the poor 4g, even though the 3g signal is much better.0
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