- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off::Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far…
Honestly, I work for an iot Mobile network provider, the amount of devices that will brick if 2G will be turned off is massive. Especially the cheaper ones that only have 2G/3G modems on board. And not only are they the most likely to brick, but also the most unlikely to be fixed.
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They aren’t going to disallow the usage. They are just going to stop using the old hardware and deploy new generations of hardware on that frequency
There aren’t “5g bands”. The reason they shut down 2g/3g is to reuse the spectrum for 5g.