Telstra and Optus will delay the planned closure of their 3G networks in order to conduct a final public safety awareness campaign amid concerns that emergency services calls could be affected.
This shutdown is getting pretty embarrassing. It seems there was very little thought put into 3G reliance beyond consumer electronics in metropolitan areas. Another one not mentioned in the article is the emergency phones in lifts, many of which will cease to operate when 3G is switched off.
This shutdown is getting pretty embarrassing. It seems there was very little thought put into 3G reliance beyond consumer electronics in metropolitan areas. Another one not mentioned in the article is the emergency phones in lifts, many of which will cease to operate when 3G is switched off.
I’m not surprised to be honest, these sorts of decisions often have little thought beyond what the leadership team personally experience
you’d be mogadored at how many sweeping changes operate that way
TIL executives don’t have object permanence
The only way to encourage these devices to switch is to tell everyone the date you’re going to switch it off.
It’s inevitable that as the date approaches you’ll need to move it back, but you’ll be n subscriptions closer.