3G / 2G Shutdown Dates

[@TheRealDanny]

Mark the dates!

3G Shutdown: 10/01/21
2G Shutdown: 12/31/22



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[L33]

Sounds like my trusty Nexus 4 will be finally retired.

[hwertz]

I thought T-Mobile had shut some of this down quite a while ago? Here in Iowa the map still shows 2G service, because IWireless was -- believe it or not -- still running extensive 2G-only coverage at the end of 2018 when T-Mo bought them out, and these areas basically didn't get 4G until end of 2019 or so, but I assumed this was an anomaly and 2G was gone in general.

[jet1000]

I thought T-Mobile had shut some of this down quite a while ago? Here in Iowa the map still shows 2G service, because IWireless was -- believe it or not -- still running extensive 2G-only coverage at the end of 2018 when T-Mo bought them out, and these areas basically didn't get 4G until end of 2019 or so, but I assumed this was an anomaly and 2G was gone in general.

I think you'll find that 2G is still there on most sites. It uses such little spectrum, that it was probably just an after thought to flip a switch and turn it on. Now the exception to that could be the low-band only sites that were deployed to add coverage in less populated areas on Band 12 or Band 71. I don't think they have it.

The last time I forced my phone onto 2G, you could hardly get any data at all through EDGE, but one could still make voice calls.

[jet1000]

According to this source, the 3G shutdown has already been delayed until April 2022:

https://tmo.report/2021/02/t-mobile-...n-october-1st/

[hwertz]

I think you'll find that 2G is still there on most sites. It uses such little spectrum, that it was probably just an after thought to flip a switch and turn it on. Now the exception to that could be the low-band only sites that were deployed to add coverage in less populated areas on Band 12 or Band 71. I don't think they have it.

Yeah, it's VERY low, for GSM the channel is like 200khz (0.2mhz) (8 timeslots, 2 used for control channels, so 6 calls or 12 half-rate calls; or some combination of calls and data.) As far as I know GSM was only ever deployed in US on 850 and 1900 (band 2 and 5), at least some of the band 12/71 sites are in areas where T-Mo has no band 2 so they couldn't deploy 2G even if they wanted to.

[Maru]

Mark the dates!

3G Shutdown: 10/01/21
2G Shutdown: 12/31/22



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So Gibbs will be ditching his Motorola flip phone and sporting a smartphone in Jan 2023.

[Rojniles]

So Gibbs will be ditching his Motorola flip phone and sporting a smartphone in Jan 2023.

They make VoLTE flip phones.

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[kevink1]

So Gibbs will be ditching his Motorola flip phone and sporting a smartphone in Jan 2023.

Or going into retirement.