2G might be officially dead now but my unlimited data plan survives. Still have my original iPhone along with my original FireWire iPod and and an old Sony TV from college, also obsolete. Somewhere I have a portable CD player and typewriter. Ha.
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AT&T Shuts Down 2G Network and Ends Cellular Connectivity for Original iPhone
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At some point you could unlock them from AT&T's website somewhere.
Oh, and yeah EDGE was slow, but it was still faster than nothing, which is what most people had. I have vague memories of using a WAP browser in some phone or another, and it was really terrible. Things took a long time, but a long time was still faster than "impossible."
No, the newer technologies have better reach, all other things being equal. For the same data rate, WCDMA requires 3 dB less signal strength than EDGE. It was just the economics of upgrading rural sites that resulted in greater 2G coverage.
I'll apologize in advance if this was already answered - haven't made it through all the comments yet. Regarding monitoring (assuming you're talking about security systems for homes/businesses) the company I use sent out a letter saying they would upgrade the transmitter I have in my closet for free due to the 2G network shutting down.
Lucky, the phone coverage in Germany is still utter crap and i have a plan on all three.
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So embarrassing for a european country.
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You know that LTE has been developed in Dresden Germany? But maybe just for export
I'm posting this from an iPhone 5 running on EDGE just to prove that it's fine. Took about 2x longer than using LTE, which is actually rather impressive.
May not be totally accurate. The company that provides the telemetry service may be the one paying the bill. SF may just pay them a monthly service contract rate for everything (software, support, cell service). A lot of major vendors like that do exactly that. The telemetry company may have the entire bulk service billed as a whole. They simply add SIMS to the account and that is it. They pay by usage and not SIM from what I understand. Since these are embedded devices they may be even harder to track since they are not billed in a way that makes sense. Add to that the company that makes the GSM module that the telemetry company purchased...may not have told anyone that it's not 3G compatible. Its probably some crazy Chinese made part with very little information other than "GSM" printed on it.
I had a similar situation happen to me in a large company when WiDEN was shutdown before iDEN in 2005. The vendor of the product had not idea there was a difference or that it even supported one and not the other. It was a very custom integration. I imagine this is closer to the real story.
That's some good sarcasm. Unless you are being serious in which case, have a cookie.
Phones aren't that expensive these days. Surely, you've saved up enough money in 10 years to buy a new phone. If you think it will help you, you can have the tin cans and string I used to make a phone when I was a kid.
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There are medications that can help. Thorazine comes to mind.
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Don't you think that phrase has become so overused as to become the expression from someone who just doesn't want to (or is unable to) think more creatively. And why would you want to insult the person whose post you are referring to just because he mentioned some observations about cell coverage in his country? Sheesh.
It was slow. Just watch the Steve Jobs original iPhone intro demo to get an idea. Don't you remember those gray checkerboards on the maps app?
I waited until the iPhone 3G before getting my first smartphone. I don't think coverage was that good before that model came out. Nothing stupid about it, really.
Of course you could browse Macrumors on a 2G/Edge connection. Heck, I remember streaming music over Edge sometimes.
I'm pretty sure the post from Appleaker was a joke.
The one from justiny was most likely sarcasm too.
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I remember trying to watch video on a Ricochet modem!
how is it ignorant that pointing out that an apple device still gets 10 hours of battery life after 10 years? its a comment that the device is still very useful and reliable after a decade.
let me find my mirror here to show you the definition of ignorant comment.
Lucky, the phone coverage in Germany is still utter crap and i have a plan on all three.
Was in Costa Rica for vacation, even had LTE in the jungle and never saw anything below 3G. Got back home and just out of Frankfurt ... 1 bar of edge before dying completely. At my parents place i turn on airplane mode and use wifi cuz 1 bar of edge is useless. Some places i even see "GPRS"!
At the train station in Stuttgart it shows me 3G but nothing loads. So embarrassing for a european country.
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I'm always surprised how much better mobile data is when I'm outside of Germany.
Lower prices, better availability, higher maximum speeds. Even much poorer countries offer way better mobile networking.
The original iPhone didn't have upgrade pricing and thus everyone had to pay full price and had no contracts.
They offered replacement modules to owners who had active BMW Assist contracts. I do and they offered me a replacement module, which I accepted, but I'm still waiting for an installation date.
1S - HILARIOUS....
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Your current hardware attributes are fairly dated, with the exception of your Apple TV. So why do you care?