Sunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoRogers, Fido to charge $75 fee to customers still using 2G networkmobilesyrup.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up166
arrow-up166external-linkRogers, Fido to charge $75 fee to customers still using 2G networkmobilesyrup.comSunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPower is one factor. Spectrum licensing is also not cheap. And you still need software support from the manufacturer to actually make that hardware function, and they don’t support old hardware forever (another reason the carriers are shutting down the old network)
Power is one factor.
Spectrum licensing is also not cheap.
And you still need software support from the manufacturer to actually make that hardware function, and they don’t support old hardware forever (another reason the carriers are shutting down the old network)