iPhone Noise

[keith_h]

Yeah, I have gotten notice that the network that supports my phone will be taken off-line 12/31/21 - it looks like they may have one flip-phone that works on the new network.  If not, I am more than willing to go to another provider (providing, of course that they have a proper phone for me).

Peter (who hates touchscreens like they were gigbags or pantyhose.......)

Yep they're turning off the 2G network the end of December.

We had to have the cellular transceiver for our alarm system replaced earlier this year because of that. Guess what they replaced it with? A 3G transceiver which the big service providers, including the one my alarm service uses, are planning to shutdown in Dec. 2022. I'll also be forced to upgrade (?) my phone since it is 3G. I've always been of the mind if it broke ..... then again I predate planned obsolescence.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Yeah, I have gotten notice that the network that supports my phone will be taken off-line 12/31/21 - it looks like they may have one flip-phone that works on the new network.  If not, I am more than willing to go to another provider (providing, of course that they have a proper phone for me).

Peter (who hates touchscreens like they were gigbags or pantyhose.......)

Yep they're turning off the 2G network the end of December.

We had to have the cellular transceiver for our alarm system replaced earlier this year because of that. Guess what they replaced it with? A 3G transceiver which the big service providers, including the one my alarm service uses, are planning to shutdown in Dec. 2022. I'll also be forced to upgrade (?) my phone since it is 3G. I've always been of the mind if it broke ..... then again I predate planned obsolescence.

I am, alas, with Sprint; they're shutting down 3G (just found out they're delaying it until March, though).

Peter

[BeenDown139]

wow.  there's some serious luddites on this board.
not that there's anything wrong with that.

said the cranky old man in the engraving shop with his wooden dentures who parks his buggy whip next to the shovel for the coal-fired pot-belly stove that keeps the frost off of the bear-grease-coated paper windows.

[keith_h]

wow.  there's some serious luddites on this board.
not that there's anything wrong with that.

said the cranky old man in the engraving shop with his wooden dentures who parks his buggy whip next to the shovel for the coal-fired pot-belly stove that keeps the frost off of the bear-grease-coated paper windows.

I wouldn't call myself a luddite. Throughout most of the 90's when the Internet was being commercialized I was one of my company's representatives to the Internet Engineering Task Force . The IETF is group that oversees the design of and standards for the Internet. So having been inside so to speak I'm just not taken in by the marketing hype that all of this being connected anyplace all of the time is really necessary for a fulfilling life.

On a side note when I was still working I would be frequently asked when I would take some time off, "How can we reach you?". My response was always, "You can't but if the world stops spinning I will be sure to notice and give you a call."

[cozmik_cowboy]

wow.  there's some serious luddites on this board.
not that there's anything wrong with that.

said the cranky old man in the engraving shop with his wooden dentures who parks his buggy whip next to the shovel for the coal-fired pot-belly stove that keeps the frost off of the bear-grease-coated paper windows.

I wouldn't call myself a luddite. Throughout most of the 90's when the Internet was being commercialized I was one of my company's representatives to the Internet Engineering Task Force . The IETF is group that oversees the design of and standards for the Internet. So having been inside so to speak I'm just not taken in by the marketing hype that all of this being connected anyplace all of the time is really necessary for a fulfilling life.

On a side note when I was still working I would be frequently asked when I would take some time off, "How can we reach you?". My response was always, "You can't but if the world stops spinning I will be sure to notice and give you a call."

Where's that "Like" button?

Peter

[lbpesq]

I’m not really a Luddite (I just play one on TV- lol).  Seriously though, I don’t mind new technology, but I do believe a lot of it is unnecessary and just developed to separate people from their money.   I’ve never understood why car manufacturers come out with new models every year.  And do we really need a new iPhone released every two months?   I have an iPhone (6SE - the old small one).   It does everything I need from a phone.  I also have an iPad that is about three generations behind the times.  Why upgrade while it still works fine?   I do get a lot of grief and peer pressure because I refuse to text, tweet, instagram, tik tok, facebook, or wallow in social media.   This is a conscious choice I have made as I view much of this as a time suck.   I do not want to be part of the group mind where everyone is connected to everyone else 24/7.  Those of you familiar with Star Trek, Next Generation, and following series, will understand when I say I do not want to join “The Borg”.   When I disengage from the outside world I want to be disengaged.   I just have better things to do than worship the glowing Pop-Tart (I REALLY like that one!)


Now, again, get off my lawn!

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

I’m not really a Luddite (I just play one on TV- lol).  Seriously though, I don’t mind new technology, but I do believe a lot of it is unnecessary and just developed to separate people from their money.   I’ve never understood why car manufacturers come out with new models every year.  And do we really need a new iPhone released every two months?   I have an iPhone (6SE - the old small one).   It does everything I need from a phone.  I also have an iPad that is about three generations behind the times.  Why upgrade while it still works fine?   I do get a lot of grief and peer pressure because I refuse to text, tweet, instagram, tik tok, facebook, or wallow in social media.   This is a conscious choice I have made as I view much of this as a time suck.   I do not want to be part of the group mind where everyone is connected to everyone else 24/7.  Those of you familiar with Star Trek will understand when I say I do not want to join “The Borg”.   When I disengage from the outside world I want to be disengaged.   I just have better things to do than worship the glowing Pop-Tart (I REALLY like that one!)


Now, again, get off my lawn!

Bill, tgo

I have watched, I do believe, every episode of Star Trek, and there was no mention of a "Borg"; that must be from one of those shows that, while they may be fine sci-fi, lacked Shatner & Nemoy and thus were not Star Trek.

Peter (who does remember when Jeri Ryan got divorced from her sleazy-Illinois-politician (if you'll pardon the redundancy) husband because he made her go to public-sex clubs)

[lbpesq]

I have watched, I do believe, every episode of Star Trek, and there was no mention of a "Borg"; that must be from one of those shows that, while they may be fine sci-fi, lacked Shatner & Nemoy and thus were not Star Trek.

Peter (who does remember when Jeri Ryan got divorced from her sleazy-Illinois-politician (if you'll pardon the redundancy) husband because he made her go to public-sex clubs)

I am duly chastised.  I have edited the above to clarify that the reference is to Star Trek Next Generation, and beyond ... though I heartily agree with the Cozmik one that there is only one Star Trek and the rest are johnny-come-lately pretenders!

Now get off my Jeffries Tube and keep your dirty hands off my Dilithium Crystals!

Bill, tgo