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1. opencomputedesign@linuxrocks.online's status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:25:35 UTC OpenComputeDesign

   "3G is shutting down to free up frequencies for 5G. All phones must support 4G LTE, and Voice over LTE (VoLTE)to make phone calls"
   3G and 5G use such mindbogglingly different frequencies, I can't even. And "4G LTE"??? LTE is defined as 3.9G... And the fact that phone calls, on the cellular phone technology that is "4G LTE", contradiction that it is, was such an after thought, that many "4G LTE" phones doen't support the technology to make calls over the network is just... Fuck it all. Just fuck

   • opencomputedesign@linuxrocks.online's status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:25:34 UTC OpenComputeDesign

     in reply to

     "4G LTE has provides better battery life than 2G and 3G" I've had phones that reccomend using 2G for best battery life. And indeed, every 2G and 3G phone my family has had got _days_ of battery. We got four basic VoLTE phones. The battery life _sucks_. one day on the worse, about two days on the best.

     And a town that needed one 2G tower, would need three 3G, six 4G, and one tower _per block_ for 5G.

     FUCK. IT. ALL.

     Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 likes this.
   • opencomputedesign@linuxrocks.online's status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:25:35 UTC OpenComputeDesign

     in reply to

     I might still be a little salty about this cluster fuck.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 12:30:35 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     in reply to
     @OpenComputeDesign I think 5G can run in all the bands and in the 3G bands it can have 3G-like cell size?
     """
     - T-Mobile: Uses use low-band spectrum (600 MHz) as well as 2.5 GHz spectrum. Sprint has been merged with T-Mobile and claimed to have more spectrum than any other carrier in the US, with three spectrum bands: 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz.
     - Verizon: Their 5G Ultra Wideband network uses millimeter waves, specifically 28 GHz and 39 GHz.
     - AT&T: Uses millimeter wave spectrum for dense areas and mid and low-spectrum for rural and suburban locations.
     """www.lifewire.com/5g-spectrum-f…