Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMillions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns offwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-linkMillions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns offwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareJunelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 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-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoAnd it can’t because new phones don’t use 3G? cell providers shut down 3G services in 2022?
minus-squareJunelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 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.