Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 11 months agoMillions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns offwww.theregister.commessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1421cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1416external-linkMillions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns offwww.theregister.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoIt is actually dumber than that. It wants to use my phone to make a call and transmit the data like an old school modem. There’s not built in modem in the car as far as I can tell. It’s a 2013 Focus Titanium.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoAnd it can’t because new phones don’t use 3G? cell providers shut down 3G services in 2022?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoNo, because whatever back end service ford used, ford shut down.
It is actually dumber than that.
It wants to use my phone to make a call and transmit the data like an old school modem. There’s not built in modem in the car as far as I can tell. It’s a 2013 Focus Titanium.
And it can’t because
new phones don’t use 3G?cell providers shut down 3G services in 2022?No, because whatever back end service ford used, ford shut down.