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Old 09-30-2021, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jdulej View Post
The demise of 3G was a topic a while back. There is an article in today's WAPO with a lot of details. Bottom line - if you have a 3G device, you are screwed sometime in 2022 depending on your carrier
My life view, deal with what is, don't panic. I mentioned previously a friend with an Alpha Romeo that still has an 8 track tape player. If, I recall they came out with adapters that would allow you to play cassette tapes. As far as phones ATT gave us, for FREE a replacement phone. It is a cheap phone and you can buy it on line for like $80.

For cars etc I would expect solutions will be found. May not be correct but I believe Feb of 2022 is the target date. Far from a technonerd but the issue seems to be the towers.
Most of the rest of the world is using satellites most of which are paid for by the US.