Message-ID: <20220730220809.GA1686@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 22:08:09 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: When will 4G be Obsolete?
On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 07:17:48AM -0700, Fred Atkinson wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have a question. I've searched the Internet and so far I have not
> found the answer.
>
> Is there a projected date for when 4G will no longer be supported by
> the cellular carriers?
>
> If there isn't an exact date for 4G to go away as yet, is there any
> kind of rough projection? A year, two years, etc.?
For practical purposes, Verizon is removing 4G on December 31,
2022. The company had said that it would continue into 2023, but then
they sent me a letter saying that my wife's "4G LTE" phone didn't meet
their criteria for 4G, and that I would have to buy a new phone -
limitied to "their" brand of 4G, of course - to continue her 4G
service.
I've decided to do without both Verizon Mobile and their deceptive
marketing: I got a 5G phone for myself and switched to Ting. My wife's
"4G LTE"ng phone will need to be replaced, most likely with the same
brand and model that I have, but I might put an Internet-only texting
and talk app on it, give her mine (again ...), and use the 4G LTE phone
around my home, since we'll have her phone when we travel.
Bill
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Message-ID: <20220729040344.4D833D2F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:03:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWA, IBEW, and Verizon Reach Tentative Agreement for
Contract Extension
By CWA D1 on Monday, July 25
CWA and IBEW have reached a tentative agreement with Verizon to extend
the existing collective bargaining agreements for another three-year
period. The current agreements are set to expire on August 5,
2023. The new agreements would extend through August 1, 2026. The
contract will include long-term, work-from-home provisions. The
details of the contracts are being distributed to locals and members
are voting to ratify the contract as we speak.
https://tinyurl.com/2x7r7vht
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Message-ID: <F23DDC1B-0C55-4DD9-91BD-3F935B60F156@roscom.com>
Date: 28 Jul 2022 10:27:04 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away
The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away
By Brian X. Chen
There's a catchy saying going around with a valuable lesson about our
personal technology: "The devil is in the defaults."
The saying refers to the default settings that tech companies embed
deep in the devices, apps and websites we use. These settings
typically make us share data about our activities and location. We can
usually opt out of this data collection, but the companies make the
menus and buttons hard to notice, likely in the hope that we don't
immediately tweak them.
These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google,
Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/technology/personaltech/default-settings-turn-off.html
Message-ID: <3FC231CF-0933-44C8-ABBE-905294CB0080@mishmash.com>
Date: 28 Jul 2022 07:17:48 -0700
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: When will 4G be Obsolete?
Folks,
I have a question. I've searched the Internet and so far I have not
found the answer.
Is there a projected date for when 4G will no longer be supported by
the cellular carriers?
The battery on my 4G flip phone is draining entirely too quickly. And
it seems to charge instantly (maybe thirty minutes unti +l it is fully
charged again). I am taking this as a sign that the battery is about
to go south.
I am trying to decide if I should just get a new battery or upgrade to
a 5G flip phone (weighing the economics).
It is my understanding that 3G goes away completely at the end of this
year. Some carriers won't create a new account for a 3G +phone at
present [if my research is correct, of course]. Verizon customer
service could not tell me about when 4G would no longer be supported.
They had no idea.
If there isn't an exact date for 4G to go away as yet, is there any
kind of rough projection? A year, two years, etc.?
Regards, and thanks,
Fred
