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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not surprised to be honest, these sorts of decisions often have little thought beyond what the leadership team personally experience

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

TIL executives don't have object permanence

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

you'd be mogadored at how many sweeping changes operate that way

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.