MSE News: Vodafone has become the first major mobile network to switch off 3G

nrmsmith

PHK said:

nrmsmith said:

Don’t electricity & gas Smart Meters also rely on the 3G network?  Are they going to stop working?

As far as I know they are 2G and modern ones are 4G. 

Well having just had gas & elect Smart meters fitted in the last 12 months I certainly hope they are 4G but I recall the fitter saying they were based on the 3G network so hopefully he was wrong

Rodders53

Smets 2 meters are 2G/3G according to https://www.smartme.co.uk/smets-2.html and use O2 not Vodafone.

They have a cunning plan to update the comms modules in time.

ProDave

That will be why O2 have said they will be the last to turn off 2G

username

There was an article in the Sunday Times last week about a load of councils scrapping parking meters because the 3G was being withdrawn, and it was costly for the replacement modules to update them.

littlemoney

My four year old Samsung is 3g and cost me over £200. That's expensive. £50+ a year average cost. I had expected it to be suitable for much longer and feel cheated. Changes being made purely for the benefit of large conurbations, rather than areas of smaller populations. Big cities don't need improved services, the more rural areas do.

PHK

littlemoney said:

My four year old Samsung is 3g and cost me over £200. That's expensive. £50+ a year average cost. I had expected it to be suitable for much longer and feel cheated. Changes being made purely for the benefit of large conurbations, rather than areas of smaller populations. Big cities don't need improved services, the more rural areas do.

Actually the move to 4G and 5G is to provide better coverage to rural areas. 

Which Samsung model is it?

sully1311

littlemoney said:

My four year old Samsung is 3g and cost me over £200. That's expensive. £50+ a year average cost. I had expected it to be suitable for much longer and feel cheated. Changes being made purely for the benefit of large conurbations, rather than areas of smaller populations. Big cities don't need improved services, the more rural areas do.

A four year old Samsung over £200 would have 4G. What's the model?

DemiDee

I have an old Nokia - by choice. I don't want the bells and whistles (and hassle) of a 'smart' phone. Most of all, I am not convinced that the radiation created by 4G and especially 5G isn't harmful. Dreadful that those with older phones are being left with no option than to have no phone, or adopt 5G.

Neil_Jones

DemiDee said:

I have an old Nokia - by choice. I don't want the bells and whistles (and hassle) of a 'smart' phone. Most of all, I am not convinced that the radiation created by 4G and especially 5G isn't harmful. Dreadful that those with older phones are being left with no option than to have no phone, or adopt 5G.

You do realise the radiation of which you speak isn't unique to 4G or 5G?  Your old Nokia will be doing it as well.  its all in the same part of the spectrum.

flaneurs_lobster

DemiDee said:

Most of all, I am not convinced that the radiation created by 4G and especially 5G isn't harmful. 

Really? That sound terrible.

Please tell us why you think 4G (and especially 5G) is harmful.