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Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 03:17:52 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: AT&T sets deadline for 2G sunset in 4 years
Message-ID: <157w78ewmxp86$.v01dqpy3u5c8.dlg@40tude.net>
On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 13:19:57 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
> AT&T sets deadline for 2G sunset in 4 years
>
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/ATT-sets-deadline-for-2G-sunset-in-4-years-165022406.html
>
So: what service(s) exactly is at&t classifying as "2G" here?
GSM voice?
CSD data?
GPRS data?
EDGE data?
UMTA data?
HSDPA data?
HSDPA+ data?
other?
"2G" is such a marketing term (like "3G" and "4G" as well) that it tells me
nothing, and the komonews article isn't much more help, either :-) .
TIA; and cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:18:23 -0600
From: Bill Horne <bill@horne.VALID-IF-THIS-IS-ELIDED.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: AT&T sets deadline for 2G sunset in 4 years
Message-ID: <502131BF.9080002@horne.net>
On 8/5/2012 11:19 AM, Monty Solomon wrote:
> NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc. said Friday that the shutdown of its
> second-generation, or "2G," wireless network will be complete by the
> end of 2016, a process that will force customers with older phones to
> upgrade to "3G" or "4G" handsets.
More details, please: what is "2G", and how is it different than 3G or
<n>G? Why would AT&T want to retire an architecture that represents
billions in sunk costs which are probably not yet recovered?
BTW, does this mean that AMPS is finally going away, that AT&T will
phase out TDMA, or that some other branch of the "voice" cellular tree
is to be pruned at the same time?
Bill, who has a day off and access to a library and who has been
rediscovering books and the postal service and quiet.
P.S. We had to lasso an escaped llama. Everyone has been calling it the
"Llama Drama". I can't make this stuff up.
[ Moderator note:
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.*
-- Ogden Nash
Thee was much Nashing of teeth, when Ogden appended the footnote:
*The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known
as a three-alarmer. Pooh.
Date: 8 Aug 2012 00:19:44 -0000
From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: AT&T sets deadline for 2G sunset in 4 years
Message-ID: <20120808001944.9884.qmail@joyce.lan>
>More details, please: what is "2G", and how is it different than 3G or
><n>G? Why would AT&T want to retire an architecture that represents
>billions in sunk costs which are probably not yet recovered?
Because they want to make everyone get a new phone so they can try to
upsell them to a more expensive plan than the grandfathered 2G plan
they have now.
>BTW, does this mean that AMPS is finally going away, that AT&T will
>phase out TDMA
They're long gone, shut down in 2008.
R's,
John
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 16:00:07 -0700
From: RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Robocall claims to be from MCI
Message-ID: <1kogqwi.nrh61oo6fh64N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>
Over the last week or so, we've gotten several calls on our landline in
which a recording tells us to call MCI immediately to verify information
about our line or account or something. The number to call is
1-888-221-3190. Did a reverse lookup on the #; appears to be a
telemarketer. Anyone know about this? How to get it to stop?
Thx,
Ron
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