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Rogers, Fido to charge $75 fee to customers still using 2G network (mobilesyrup.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Aren’t loads of embedded devices still using the old school edge network? Like car remote systems, electric meters, weather stations, etc?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yes. That's the point of this fee, to nudge people to upgrade those decades old systems that are forcing the carriers to maintain old (and much less spectrum efficient) equipment (with no parts support from the manufacturer any more).

    They had to do similar to push the same stragglers off the old 1G (analog/TDMA) network 15 years ago.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They have enough money to support those systems, they just want to push everyone to new, more expensive systems.

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