07-30-2021, 07:52 PM
https://www.att.com/techbuzz/explainers/...to-prepare
They said my phone wouldn't work to make calls after 8/01/21...
They gave FOUR DAYS NOTICE.
I immediately started searching the web to verify that this wasn't just a scam/spam situation, but it totally wasn't.
I assume they sent this message to a SHITLOAD of people in this area, and that means that whole SHITLOAD of people were gonna start buying up all the phones locally.
So I decided to immediately get a cheapo phone from WalMart that was on AT&T's "verified to work" list. And it wasn't easy to find one, it was all whittled down to one option by the time I got done searching for a phone.
I use a fairly new Xiaomi Redmi phone and I don't see how the hell the thing WON'T work after this change. I saw a lot of people on various sites saying they'd called customer service and after waiting forever finally were told that their phones WOULD continue to work.
But I wasn't gonna be caught without a working phone so I got the other one just to be safe (plus I just love having an assload of smartphones laying around that I can use as cameras).
I dunno, the whole thing just got me to thinking...
How in the hell are they gonna give people a notice of mere DAYS to get a new phone?? That's like a huge deal for some people.
What is this shit really about??
They're taking down 3G just in time to coincide with StarLink coming online in 2022, that's one thing I immediately realized.
Is there a reason they don't want us using these globally unlocked Chinese brand phones??
A lot of people were speculating that it's all about money, period. And usually I'd agree.
But this? I dunno. It seems like something deeper may be going on.
I think the unlocked Chinese phones may pose some kinda security risk to the cell towers or something. If something like that is possible, I think that's what this whole thing is really about.
StarLink too...
What is StarLink really for?
I think it's all about local space defense.
I think satellites and all kinds of other machinery have been hacked for MANY years, and now the tomfoolery is getting too out of hand...
Now begins the era of space-based defense.
That's what I think.
They said my phone wouldn't work to make calls after 8/01/21...
They gave FOUR DAYS NOTICE.
I immediately started searching the web to verify that this wasn't just a scam/spam situation, but it totally wasn't.
I assume they sent this message to a SHITLOAD of people in this area, and that means that whole SHITLOAD of people were gonna start buying up all the phones locally.
So I decided to immediately get a cheapo phone from WalMart that was on AT&T's "verified to work" list. And it wasn't easy to find one, it was all whittled down to one option by the time I got done searching for a phone.
I use a fairly new Xiaomi Redmi phone and I don't see how the hell the thing WON'T work after this change. I saw a lot of people on various sites saying they'd called customer service and after waiting forever finally were told that their phones WOULD continue to work.
But I wasn't gonna be caught without a working phone so I got the other one just to be safe (plus I just love having an assload of smartphones laying around that I can use as cameras).
I dunno, the whole thing just got me to thinking...
How in the hell are they gonna give people a notice of mere DAYS to get a new phone?? That's like a huge deal for some people.
What is this shit really about??
They're taking down 3G just in time to coincide with StarLink coming online in 2022, that's one thing I immediately realized.
Is there a reason they don't want us using these globally unlocked Chinese brand phones??
A lot of people were speculating that it's all about money, period. And usually I'd agree.
But this? I dunno. It seems like something deeper may be going on.
I think the unlocked Chinese phones may pose some kinda security risk to the cell towers or something. If something like that is possible, I think that's what this whole thing is really about.
StarLink too...
What is StarLink really for?
I think it's all about local space defense.
I think satellites and all kinds of other machinery have been hacked for MANY years, and now the tomfoolery is getting too out of hand...
Now begins the era of space-based defense.
That's what I think.
