Rather oddly, 3G will almost certainly go before 2G in many areas - mainly as there are a lot of devices with a built in GSM phone that cannot easily be changed - such mundane items as automated bus stop signs, vending machines and a number of earlier portable payment devices. The much larger cell ranges and resistance to jamming make 2G very attractive as a last ditch comms compared to the higher data rates but lest robust nature of the more recent offerings.
There is an OFCOM plan to turn off 2G at some point after 2033 - while 3G is going to be knocked off, at least in Plymouth and Basingstoke, early next year and I suspect other places will follow in short order.
www.ofcom.org.uk/.../3g-switch-off
Mike.
According to Vodafone, they are beginning in Plymouth and Basingstoke in Feb and will have finished switching off 3G by Dec.
I don't need data and seldom send texts so it will not bother me, but I might have to get a new phone at some stage.
According to Vodafone, they are beginning in Plymouth and Basingstoke in Feb and will have finished switching off 3G by Dec.
I don't need data and seldom send texts so it will not bother me, but I might have to get a new phone at some stage.
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